Correspondence. Transmission of 2019 nCoV infection from an asymptomatic contact in Germany.

Posted online 1-30-20, updated 2-6-20, and published in print on March 5, 2020. First report of the "asymptomatic transmission" of Covid-19. The authors wrote, “The fact that asymptomatic persons are potential sources of 2019-nCoV infection may warrant a reassessment of transmission dynamics of the current outbreak”. Available from PubMedCentral at this link. (When originally published in print this "letter" was signed by Camilla Rothe, Roman Wölfel, Michael Hoelscher "and Others." "A complete list of authors is available with the full text of this letter at NEJM.org.")

(Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)