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

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 pr...

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Published inEmerging infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 10; pp. 2497 - 2499
Main Authors Han, Mi Seon, Seong, Moon-Woo, Kim, Namhee, Shin, Sue, Cho, Sung Im, Park, Hyunwoong, Kim, Taek Soo, Park, Sung Sup, Choi, Eun Hwa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.10.2020
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects
Adolescent
Age
Asymptomatic
Asymptomatic Infections
Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification
Child
Child, Preschool
children
Coronavirus Infections - transmission
Coronavirus Infections - urine
Coronavirus Infections - virology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease transmission
Epidemics
Feces
Feces - virology
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infection
Infection control
Infections
Infectious diseases
Juvenile offenders
Medical schools
Nasopharynx - virology
Pandemics
Patients
Pediatrics
Plasma - virology
Pneumonia, Viral - transmission
Pneumonia, Viral - urine
Pneumonia, Viral - virology
Republic of Korea
Research Letter
RNA
RNA, Viral - analysis
saliva
Saliva - virology
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Urine - virology
Viral Load
Viral RNA Load in Mildly Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Children with COVID-19, Seoul
Republic of Korea
South Korea
viruses
coronavirus
zoonoses
respiratory infections
COVID-19
saliva
SARS-CoV-2
South Korea
viral load
Seoul
children
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
coronavirus disease
feces
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2610.202449