Duration of Infectious Virus Shedding by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant–Infected Vaccinees

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Takahashi, Kenichiro ; Ishikane, Masahiro ; Ujiie, Mugen ; Iwamoto, Noriko ; Okumura, Nobumasa ; Sato, Testsuro ; Nagashima, Maki ; Moriya, Ataru ; Suzuki, Michiyo ; Hojo, Masayuki ; Kanno, Takayuki ; Saito, Shinji ; Miyamoto, Sho ; Ainai, Akira ; Tobiume, Minoru ; Arashiro, Takeshi ; Fujimoto, Tsuguto ; Saito, Tomoya ; Yamato, Masaya ; Suzuki, Tadaki ; Ohmagari, Norio
• Description:
  To determine virus shedding duration, we examined clinical samples collected from the upper respiratory tracts of persons infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron variant in Japan during November 29-December 18, 2021. Vaccinees with mild or asymptomatic infection shed infectious virus 6-9 days after onset or diagnosis, even after symptom resolution.
• Subjects:
  Asymptomatic Infections Communicable Diseases Covid-19 Humans Sars-Cov-2 Virus Shedding
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(5):998-1001
• Pubmed ID:
  35290176
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9045443
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Japan
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ca42180a6d6164ef05c1d66f8d175a06480c9671d04c5651ff2ec0b9afe3252b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/117306/cdc_117306_DS1.pdf
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