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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Infect Chemother
. 2022 Mar 28;S1341-321X(22)00091-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2022.03.012. Online ahead of print.
Case of a pregnant woman with probable prolonged SARS-CoV-2 viral shedding 221 days after diagnosis
Dai Akine[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Teppei Sasahara[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ayako Koido[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Kaori Abe[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Kanako Abe[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Akinori Oki[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Noriyuki Takeyasu[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Ikuta Hashimoto[SUP] 7 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
We describe a case of probable prolonged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Alpha(B.1.1.7) variant shedding for 221 days from the diagnosis, in a healthy 20-year-old Japanese pregnant woman with a normal delivery. To our knowledge, this is the longest duration of SARS-CoV-2 shedding reported in an immunocompetent individual to date.
Keywords: Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant; Pregnancy; SARS-CoV-2; Viral shedding.
. 2022 Mar 28;S1341-321X(22)00091-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2022.03.012. Online ahead of print.
Case of a pregnant woman with probable prolonged SARS-CoV-2 viral shedding 221 days after diagnosis
Dai Akine[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Teppei Sasahara[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ayako Koido[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Kaori Abe[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Kanako Abe[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Akinori Oki[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Noriyuki Takeyasu[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Ikuta Hashimoto[SUP] 7 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35367149
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2022.03.012
Abstract
We describe a case of probable prolonged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Alpha(B.1.1.7) variant shedding for 221 days from the diagnosis, in a healthy 20-year-old Japanese pregnant woman with a normal delivery. To our knowledge, this is the longest duration of SARS-CoV-2 shedding reported in an immunocompetent individual to date.
Keywords: Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant; Pregnancy; SARS-CoV-2; Viral shedding.