Viral RNA Load in Mildly Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Children with COVID-19, Seoul, South Korea

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Han, Mi Seon ; Seong, Moon-Woo ; Kim, Namhee ; Shin, Sue ; Cho, Sung Im ; Park, Hyunwoong ; Kim, Taek Soo ; Park, Sung Sup ; Choi, Eun Hwa
• Description:
  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:
  Adolescent Asymptomatic Infections Betacoronavirus Child Child, Preschool Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Feces Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Nasopharynx Pandemics Plasma Pneumonia, Viral Rna, Viral Saliva Urine Viral Load

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(10):2497-2499
• Pubmed ID:
  32497001
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7510743
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Republic of Korea
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:59996194ee5e9e0f8f4f990e87f06a486429e7e62a1c6899835ba0beca65d64a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/94782/cdc_94782_DS1.pdf
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