Clinical and Epidemiological Features of a Family Cluster of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection | Zendy

Gerhard Wolf | Zendy; Thomas Glueck | Zendy; Johannes Hüebner | Zendy; Maximilian Muenchhoff | Zendy; Dieter Hoffmann | Zendy; Lars E. French | Zendy; Oliver T. Keppler | Zendy; Ulrike Protzer | Zendy

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Clinical and Epidemiological Features of a Family Cluster of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection

Author(s) -

Gerhard Wolf,

Thomas Glueck,

Johannes Hüebner,

Maximilian Muenchhoff,

Dieter Hoffmann,

Lars E. French,

Oliver T. Keppler,

Ulrike Protzer

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2048-7207

pISSN - 2048-7193

DOI - 10.1093/jpids/piaa060

Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , clearance , coronavirus , epidemiology , virology , virus , covid-19 , respiratory system , cluster (spacecraft) , pediatrics , pandemic , disease , immunology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , computer science , programming language , urology

In a family experiencing coronavirus disease 2019, the parents and 2 children aged 2 and 5 years became infected but the youngest child was not infected. Both children initially shed infectious virus, but cleared the virus after 5 to 6 days in the nasopharynx. However, viral RNA was continuously detected in the children’s stool for more than 4 weeks.

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