Journal
INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Volume 42, Issue 10, Pages 1286-1288Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.1239
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- Cancer Research Institute Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship
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This report highlights the possibility of a prolonged incubation period for COVID-19 in patients with hypogammaglobulinemia, which may necessitate an extended quarantine period.
The incubation period of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is rarely >14 days. We report a patient with hypogammaglobulinemia who developed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with a confirmed incubation period of at least 21 days. These findings raise concern for a prolonged presymptomatic transmission phase, necessitating a longer quarantine duration in this patient population.
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