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- Title
Viral RNA Load in Mildly Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Children with COVID-19, Seoul, South Korea.
- Authors
Mi Seon Han; Moon-Woo Seong; Namhee Kim; Sue Shin; Sung Im Cho; Park, Hyunwoong; Taek Soo Kim; Park, Sung Sup; Eun Hwa Choi; Han, Mi Seon; Seong, Moon-Woo; Kim, Namhee; Shin, Sue; Cho, Sung Im; Kim, Taek Soo; Choi, Eun Hwa
- 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 in Seoul, South Korea. Saliva also tested positive during the early phase of infection. If proven infectious, feces and saliva could serve as transmission sources.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; VIRAL pneumonia; COVID-19; SALIVA; URINE; BLOOD plasma; VIRAL load; RNA; NASOPHARYNX; FECES; EPIDEMICS; INFECTIOUS disease transmission
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020, Vol 26, Issue 10, p2497
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
letter
- DOI
10.3201/eid2610.202449