Case of a pregnant woman with probable prolonged SARS-CoV-2 viral shedding 221 days after diagnosis

We describe a case of probable prolonged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Alpha(B.1.1.7) variant shedding for 221 days from the diagnosis, in a healthy 20-year-old Japanese pregnant woman with a normal delivery. To our knowledge, this is the longest duration of SARS-CoV-2...

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Autores principales: Akine, Dai, Sasahara, Teppei, Koido, Ayako, Abe, Kaori, Abe, Kanako, Oki, Akinori, Takeyasu, Noriyuki, Hashimoto, Ikuta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japanese Society of Chemotherapy and The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8958094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35367149
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jiac.2022.03.012
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Sumario:We describe a case of probable prolonged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Alpha(B.1.1.7) variant shedding for 221 days from the diagnosis, in a healthy 20-year-old Japanese pregnant woman with a normal delivery. To our knowledge, this is the longest duration of SARS-CoV-2 shedding reported in an immunocompetent individual to date.

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