Clinical Features and Duration of Viral Shedding in Individuals With SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Infection

We analyzed the duration of infectivity of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant by viral culture of respiratory samples collected daily from isolated patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The culture positivity rate of the Omicron variant was higher than tha...

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Autores principales: Jang, Young R, Kim, Jeong-Min, Rhee, Jee E, Kim, Dongju, Lee, Nam-Joo, Lee, Hyeokjin, Kim, Jong-Hun, Kim, Eun-Jin, Kim, Jin Y
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9129180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35855961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac237
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Sumario:We analyzed the duration of infectivity of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant by viral culture of respiratory samples collected daily from isolated patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The culture positivity rate of the Omicron variant was higher than that of the Delta variant within 8 days after symptom onset.

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