A Well Infant With Coronavirus Disease 2019 With High Viral Load.

Authors :: Kam KQ
Yung CF
Cui L
Tzer Pin Lin R
Mak TM
Maiwald M
Li J
Chong CY
Nadua K
Tan NWH
Thoon KC
Source :: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America [Clin Infect Dis] 2020 Jul 28; Vol. 71 (15), pp. 847-849.
Publication Year :: 2020
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.<br /> (© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)

Subjects :: Betacoronavirus pathogenicity
COVID-19
Humans
Infant
Male
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2
Serologic Tests methods
Singapore
Viral Load methods
Coronavirus Infections transmission
Coronavirus Infections virology
Pneumonia, Viral transmission
Pneumonia, Viral virology

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1537-6591
Volume :: 71
Issue :: 15
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 32112082
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa201