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SARS-CoV-2 late shedding may be infectious between immunocompromised hosts.

Ville KailaSimo SirkeojaSoile BlomqvistJuha RannikkoHanna ViskariTiina Lyly-YrjänäinenJaana Syrjänen
Published in: Infectious diseases (London, England) (2021)
Severely immunocompromised patients, whose clearance of the virus is impaired, may remain infectious for extended periods. Caution should be taken particularly in hospital settings where lapses in isolation procedures might pose increased risk, especially to other immunocompromised patients.
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