Clinical and Epidemiological Features of a Family Cluster of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection
- 22 May 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
- Vol. 9 (3), 362-365
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piaa060
Abstract
In a family experiencing coronavirus disease 2019, the parents and 2 children aged 2 and 5 years became infected but the youngest child was not infected. Both children initially shed infectious virus, but cleared the virus after 5 to 6 days in the nasopharynx. However, viral RNA was continuously detected in the children’s stool for more than 4 weeks.Keywords
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