Persistent SARS-CoV-2 RNA Shedding Without Evidence of Infectiousness: A Cohort Study of Individuals With COVID-19.

Daniel OwusuMary A PomeroyNathaniel M LewisAshutosh WadhwaAnna R YousafBrett WhitakerElizabeth DietrichAron J HallVictoria ChuNatalie ThornburgKimberly ChristensenTair KiphibaneSarah WillardsonRyan WestergaardTrivikram DasuIan W PraySanjib BhattacharyyaAngela DunnJacqueline E TateHannah L KirkingAlmea Matanocknull null

Published in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2021)

Although most patients were positive for SARS-CoV-2 for ≥10 days after symptom onset, our findings suggest that individuals with mild to moderate COVID-19 are unlikely to be infectious ≥10 days after symptom onset.

Keyphrases

sars cov
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
end stage renal disease
coronavirus disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors