Viral kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic carriers and presymptomatic patients

Autor: Seong Eun Kim, Hae Seong Jeong, Yohan Yu, Sung Un Shin, Soosung Kim, Tae Hoon Oh, Uh Jin Kim, Seung-Ji Kang, Hee-Chang Jang, Sook-In Jung, Kyung-Hwa Park
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 95, Iss , Pp 441-443 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1201-9712
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.083
Popis: From a total of 71 laboratory-confirmed cases, three presymptomatic patients and 10 patients with entirely asymptomatic infections were identified. In two of the three incubation period patients, the viral titer in the presymptomatic period was very high (Ct value 35 within 14 days after diagnosis. Patients who have COVID-19 may already be infectious before there are symptoms, and 14 days of isolation after diagnosis may be sufficient in entirely asymptomatic cases.
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