SARS-CoV-2 Viral Shedding and Associated Factors among COVID-19 Inpatients and Outpatients.

Masoumeh Soofian Behzad Khansarinejad Ehsanollah Ghaznavi Rad Farzaneh Shokoohi Hossein Mazaherpour Farzane Farmani Mona Sadat Larijani Leila Pakpour Amitis Ramezani

Published in: Interdisciplinary perspectives on infectious diseases (2022)

A longer duration of viral shedding in hospitalized cases rather than outpatients was observed in this study. The results similar to other investigations call into question if the current policies are enough to prevent the viral spread or not. This study should be done on a larger sample to provide an appropriate time in isolation policy.

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sars cov
public health
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
coronavirus disease
mental health