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Three COVID-19 cases with a long-term viral shedding period in Tunisia

Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become a public health emergency of international concern. This was first emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and then has become widespread all over the world. We report 3 cases (2 i...

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Autores principales: Bennasrallah, Cyrine, Bannour, Rania, Jlassi, Olfa, Kacem, Mariem, Fredj, Manel Ben, Abroug, Hela, Zemni, Imen, Garrach, Behaeddine, Bahri, Rihab, Charfeddine, Nesrine, Triki, Sayda, Sriha, Asma Belguith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7687511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33282072
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.2.24950
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Sumario:Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become a public health emergency of international concern. This was first emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and then has become widespread all over the world. We report 3 cases (2 imported cases and 1 local case) with documented viral shedding (based on reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing) of SARS-CoV-2 for 55, 59 and 63 days. Viral shedding duration was defined as the date of return from the COVID-19 pandemic countries for imported cases and from the first positive RT-PCR test for local cases, up to the second negative nasopharyngeal RT-PCR swab. These cases demonstrate that viral shedding after COVID-19 diagnosis can be prolonged.