Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Viral Load in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Children and Adults With Early Acute Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Baggio, Stéphanie; L'Huillier, Arnaud; Yerly Ferrillo, Sabine; Bellon, Mathilde Anne; Wagner, Noémie; Rohr, Marie Madeleine; Csaki Huttner, Angela; Blanchard Rohner, Géraldine; Loevy, Natasha; Kaiser, Laurent; Jacquerioz, Frédérique Aline; Eckerle, Isabella Anne

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa1157

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Viral Load in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Children and Adults With Early Acute Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

ContributorsBaggio, Stéphanie

; L'Huillier, Arnaud

; Yerly Ferrillo, Sabine; Bellon, Mathilde Anne; Wagner, Noémie; Rohr, Marie Madeleine; Csaki Huttner, Angela; Blanchard Rohner, Géraldine; Loevy, Natasha; Kaiser, Laurent; Jacquerioz, Frédérique Aline; Eckerle, Isabella Anne

Published inClinical Infectious Diseases

Publication date2020

Abstract

The factors that contribute to transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by children are unclear. We analysed viral load at the time of diagnosis in 53 children and 352 adults with COVID-19 in the first 5 days post symptom onset. No significant differences in SARS-CoV-2 RNA loads were seen between children and adults.

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Swiss National Science Foundation - How immune responses shape the clinical characteristics of COVID-19: a prospective cohort study in patients and their household contacts [31CA30_196732]

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BAGGIO, Stéphanie et al. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Viral Load in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Children and Adults With Early Acute Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). In: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1157

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PID : unige:146544
DOI : 10.1093/cid/ciaa1157
PMID : 32761228

ISSN of the journal1058-4838

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