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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Jun 30;26(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.202403. Online ahead of print.
Culture-Competent SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharynx of Symptomatic Neonates, Children, and Adolescents
Arnaud G L'Huillier, Giulia Torriani, Fiona Pigny, Laurent Kaiser, Isabella Eckerle
Abstract
Children do not seem to drive transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We isolated culture-competent virus in vitro from 12 (52%) of 23 SARS-CoV-2-infected children; the youngest was 7 days old. Our findings show that symptomatic neonates, children, and teenagers shed infectious SARS-CoV-2, suggesting that transmission from them is plausible.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Switzerland; adolescents; children; coronavirus disease; neonates; respiratory diseases; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viral shedding; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 Jun 30;26(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.202403. Online ahead of print.
Culture-Competent SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharynx of Symptomatic Neonates, Children, and Adolescents
Arnaud G L'Huillier, Giulia Torriani, Fiona Pigny, Laurent Kaiser, Isabella Eckerle
- PMID: 32603290
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2610.202403
Abstract
Children do not seem to drive transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We isolated culture-competent virus in vitro from 12 (52%) of 23 SARS-CoV-2-infected children; the youngest was 7 days old. Our findings show that symptomatic neonates, children, and teenagers shed infectious SARS-CoV-2, suggesting that transmission from them is plausible.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Switzerland; adolescents; children; coronavirus disease; neonates; respiratory diseases; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viral shedding; viruses; zoonoses.