Persistence of Positive RT-PCR Results for Over 70 Days in Two Travelers with COVID-19

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• Alternative Title:
  Disaster Med Public Health Prep
• Personal Author:
  Kandetu, Theo-Ben ; Dziuban, Eric J. ; Sikuvi, Kaveto ; Beard, Rachel S. ; Nghihepa, Reginald ; van Rooyen, Gerhard ; Shiningavamwe, Andreas ; Katjitae, Ismael
• Description:
  The relation of continuing to test positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by reverse transcription real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to infectivity remains unclear, with numerous consequences. This report describes 2 patients with persistent viral detection by RT-PCR for 77 and 72 days, respectively, longer than other reported case-patients who were otherwise healthy.
• Subjects:
  Brief Report Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 Infection Control Patient Isolation Travel
• Source:
  Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2020; :1-2
• Pubmed ID:
  33208199
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7884651
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1a5c0abc62aece5b4fc6503724684d5e226b9cc9305a7c7af1be1c60ec976d3e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/102947/cdc_102947_DS1.pdf
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