Clinical and epidemiological features of a family cluster of symptomatic and asymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection

Gerhard K. Wolf, Thomas Glueck, Johannes Huebner, Maximilian Muenchhoff, Dieter Hoffmann, Lars E. French, Oliver T. Keppler, Ulrike Protzer

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Abstract

In a family experiencing coronavirus disease 2019, the parents and 2 children aged 2 and 5 years became infected but the youngest child was not infected. Both children initially shed infectious virus, but cleared the virus after 5 to 6 days in the nasopharynx. However, viral RNA was continuously detected in the children's stool for more than 4 weeks.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)362-365
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Volume9
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • Children
  • Gastrointestinal
  • RNA persistence
  • SARS-CoV-2

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