Viral kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic carriers and presymptomatic patients

Viral kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic carriers and presymptomatic patients

From a total of 71 laboratory-confirmed cases, three presymptomatic patients and 10 patients with entirely asymptomatic infections were identified. In two of the three incubation period patients, the viral titer in the presymptomatic period was very high (Ct value < 20). The median number of days...

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Main Authors: Seong Eun Kim, Hae Seong Jeong, Yohan Yu, Sung Un Shin, Soosung Kim, Tae Hoon Oh, Uh Jin Kim, Seung-Ji Kang, Hee-Chang Jang, Sook-In Jung, Kyung-Hwa Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
COVID-19
Asymptomatic carrier
Presymptomatic
Viral kinetics
Isolation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S120197122030299X

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