Clinical and Epidemiological Features of a Family Cluster of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection. (22nd May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wolf, Gerhard K; Glueck, Thomas; Huebner, Johannes; Muenchhoff, Maximilian; Hoffmann, Dieter; French, Lars E; Keppler, Oliver T; Protzer, Ulrike
• Is Part Of: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. Volume 9:Number 3(2020)
• Page Start: 362
• Page End: 365
• Publication Date: 2020-05-22
• Subjects: children -- COVID-19 -- gastrointestinal -- RNA persistence -- SARS-CoV-2; Communicable diseases in children -- Periodicals; Children -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 618.929
• DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piaa060
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2048-7193

Abstract

Abstract: 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.