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A Well Infant With Coronavirus Disease 2019 With High Viral Load

Journal

CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 71, Issue 15, Pages 847-849

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa201

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COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; infant; 2019 novel coronavirus

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A well 6-month-old infant with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had persistently positive nasopharyngeal swabs up to day 16 of admission. This case highlights the difficulties in establishing the true incidence of COVID-19, as asymptomatic individuals can excrete the virus. These patients may play important roles in human-to-human transmission in the community.

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