| Literature DB >> 33949655 |
Mathilde Bellon1,2, Stephanie Baggio3,4, Frederique Jacquerioz Bausch2,5,6, Hervé Spechbach6, Julien Salamun6, Camille Genecand7, Aglae Tardin7, Laurent Kaiser2,8,9, Arnaud G L'Huillier10,9, Isabella Eckerle1,2,8,9.
Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 viral load (VL) can serve as a correlate for infectious virus presence and transmission. Viral shedding kinetics over the first week of illness for symptomatic children (n=279), adolescents (n=639) and adults (n=7109) show VLs compatible with infectious virus presence, with slightly lower VL in children than adults.Entities:
Keywords: COVID19; SARS-CoV2; children; viral shedding; virus transmission
Year: 2021 PMID: 33949655 PMCID: PMC8135785 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab396
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079