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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Med Virol
. 2020 Sep 5.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.26491. Online ahead of print.
Clinical characteristics, cause analysis and infectivity of COVID-19 nucleic acid re-positive patients: A literature review
Youjiang Li[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Danping Ji[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Wangyu Cai[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Yingying Hu[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Yongying Bai[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Jianguo Wu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jian Xu[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses a serious threat to human health and lives. The virus is still spreading throughout the world, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases is increasing. After patients with COVID-19 are treated and discharged, some have repeated clinical symptoms and become positive for nucleic acid tests a second time. Through analysis and review of the existing literature, the proportion of re-positive patients in the discharged patient population and their clinical characteristics were systematically described for the first time. Furthermore, an in-depth analysis of the causes of re-positive nucleic acid tests and the potential transmission of the disease provides the basis for the management and protection of discharged patients with COVID-19. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Keywords: COVID-19; RT-PCR test; Recovered patients; SARS-CoV-2.
. 2020 Sep 5.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.26491. Online ahead of print.
Clinical characteristics, cause analysis and infectivity of COVID-19 nucleic acid re-positive patients: A literature review
Youjiang Li[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Danping Ji[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Wangyu Cai[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Yingying Hu[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Yongying Bai[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Jianguo Wu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jian Xu[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32890414
- DOI: 10.1002/jmv.26491
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses a serious threat to human health and lives. The virus is still spreading throughout the world, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases is increasing. After patients with COVID-19 are treated and discharged, some have repeated clinical symptoms and become positive for nucleic acid tests a second time. Through analysis and review of the existing literature, the proportion of re-positive patients in the discharged patient population and their clinical characteristics were systematically described for the first time. Furthermore, an in-depth analysis of the causes of re-positive nucleic acid tests and the potential transmission of the disease provides the basis for the management and protection of discharged patients with COVID-19. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Keywords: COVID-19; RT-PCR test; Recovered patients; SARS-CoV-2.