Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral load kinetics in symptomatic children, adolescents, and adults

Bellon, Mathilde Anne; Baggio, Stéphanie; Jacquerioz, Frédérique Aline; Spechbach, Hervé; Salamun, Julien; Genecand, Camille; Tardin, Aglae Delphine; Kaiser, Laurent; L'Huillier, Arnaud; Eckerle, Isabella Anne

doi:10.1093/cid/ciab396

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral load kinetics in symptomatic children, adolescents, and adults

ContributorsBellon, Mathilde Anne; Baggio, Stéphanie

; Jacquerioz, Frédérique Aline; Spechbach, Hervé; Salamun, Julien; Genecand, Camille; Tardin, Aglae Delphine; Kaiser, Laurent; L'Huillier, Arnaud

; Eckerle, Isabella Anne

Published inClinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 73, no. 6, p. e1384-e1386

Publication date2021

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.

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COVID-19
SARS-CoV2
Children
Viral shedding
Virus transmission

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BELLON, Mathilde Anne et al. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral load kinetics in symptomatic children, adolescents, and adults. In: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021, vol. 73, n° 6, p. e1384–e1386. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab396

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PID : unige:158213
DOI : 10.1093/cid/ciab396
PMID : 33949655

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8135785/

Journal ISSN1058-4838

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