A Well Infant With Coronavirus Disease 2019 With High Viral Load

Abstract A well 6-month-old infant with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had persistently positive nasopharyngeal swabs up to day 16 of admission. This case highlights the difficulties in establishing the true incidence of COVID-19, as asymptomatic individuals can excrete the virus. These patient...

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Published inClinical infectious diseases Vol. 71; no. 15; pp. 847 - 849
Main Authors Kam, Kai-qian, Yung, Chee Fu, Cui, Lin, Tzer Pin Lin, Raymond, Mak, Tze Minn, Maiwald, Matthias, Li, Jiahui, Chong, Chia Yin, Nadua, Karen, Tan, Natalie Woon Hui, Thoon, Koh Cheng
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published US Oxford University Press 28.07.2020
Subjects
Betacoronavirus - pathogenicity
Brief Report
Coronavirus Infections - transmission
Coronavirus Infections - virology
COVID-19
Humans
Infant
Male
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - transmission
Pneumonia, Viral - virology
SARS-CoV-2
Serologic Tests - methods
Singapore
Viral Load - methods
Singapore
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
infant
2019 novel coronavirus
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ISSN1058-4838
1537-6591
1537-6591
DOI10.1093/cid/ciaa201

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Summary:Abstract A well 6-month-old infant with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had persistently positive nasopharyngeal swabs up to day 16 of admission. This case highlights the difficulties in establishing the true incidence of COVID-19, as asymptomatic individuals can excrete the virus. These patients may play important roles in human-to-human transmission in the community.
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ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/cid/ciaa201