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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Jun 4;26(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.202449. Online ahead of print.
Viral RNA Load in Mildly Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Children With COVID-19, Seoul
Mi Seon Han, Moon-Woo Seong, Namhee Kim, Sue Shin, Sung Im Cho, Hyunwoong Park, Taek Soo Kim, Sung Sup Park, Eun Hwa Choi
Abstract
Along with positive SARS-CoV-2 RNA in nasopharyngeal swabs, viral RNA was detectable at high concentration for >3 weeks in fecal samples from 12 mildly symptomatic and asymptomatic children with COVID-19. Saliva also tested positive during the early phase of infection. If proven infectious, feces and saliva could serve as transmission sources.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Seoul; South Korea; children; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; feces; respiratory infections; saliva; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viral load; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 Jun 4;26(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.202449. Online ahead of print.
Viral RNA Load in Mildly Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Children With COVID-19, Seoul
Mi Seon Han, Moon-Woo Seong, Namhee Kim, Sue Shin, Sung Im Cho, Hyunwoong Park, Taek Soo Kim, Sung Sup Park, Eun Hwa Choi
- PMID: 32497001
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2610.202449
Abstract
Along with positive SARS-CoV-2 RNA in nasopharyngeal swabs, viral RNA was detectable at high concentration for >3 weeks in fecal samples from 12 mildly symptomatic and asymptomatic children with COVID-19. Saliva also tested positive during the early phase of infection. If proven infectious, feces and saliva could serve as transmission sources.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Seoul; South Korea; children; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; feces; respiratory infections; saliva; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viral load; viruses; zoonoses.