Recurrence of positive SARS-CoV-2 RNA in COVID-19: A case report

The ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 that began in Wuhan, China, has constituted a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, with cases confirmed in multiple countries. Currently, patients are the primary source of infection. We report a confirmed case of COVID-19 whose oropharyngeal swab test o...

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Autores principales: Chen, Dabiao, Xu, Wenxiong, Lei, Ziying, Huang, Zhanlian, Liu, Jing, Gao, Zhiliang, Peng, Liang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7129213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32147538
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.003
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Sumario:The ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 that began in Wuhan, China, has constituted a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, with cases confirmed in multiple countries. Currently, patients are the primary source of infection. We report a confirmed case of COVID-19 whose oropharyngeal swab test of SARS-CoV-2 RNA turned positive in convalescence. This case highlights the importance of active surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for infectivity assessment.

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