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Editor, Senior Moderator
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
. 2020;53:e20200494.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0494-2020. Epub 2020 Aug 26.
Family COVID-19 cluster analysis of an infant without respiratory symptoms
Myrela Concei??o Santos de Jesus[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alexandra Giovanna Arag?o Lima[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Victor Santana Santos[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Luciane Moreno Storti-Melo[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Tatiana Rodrigues de Moura[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Rafaela Windy Farias Dos Santos[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Cliomar Alves Dos Santos[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Paulo Ricardo Martins-Filho[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Luis Eduardo Cuevas[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Diagnosing cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with only non-respiratory symptoms has been challenging. We reported the diagnosis of a child who tested positive for COVID-19 with abdominal pain/diarrhea and tracked his family cluster. One member of the family tested positive for COVID-19 on real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction assay and three other family members had anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.
. 2020;53:e20200494.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0494-2020. Epub 2020 Aug 26.
Family COVID-19 cluster analysis of an infant without respiratory symptoms
Myrela Concei??o Santos de Jesus[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alexandra Giovanna Arag?o Lima[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Victor Santana Santos[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Luciane Moreno Storti-Melo[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Tatiana Rodrigues de Moura[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Rafaela Windy Farias Dos Santos[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Cliomar Alves Dos Santos[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Paulo Ricardo Martins-Filho[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Luis Eduardo Cuevas[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32876320
- DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0494-2020
Abstract
Diagnosing cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with only non-respiratory symptoms has been challenging. We reported the diagnosis of a child who tested positive for COVID-19 with abdominal pain/diarrhea and tracked his family cluster. One member of the family tested positive for COVID-19 on real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction assay and three other family members had anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.