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PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
Volume 39, Issue 10, Pages E315-E317Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002837
Keywords
SARS-CoV-2; reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction; children; asymptomatic; stool specimens
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders (Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China) [NCRCCHD-2020-EP-01]
- fourth batch of Special Project of Science and Technology for Emergency Response to COVID-19 of Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau
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In the current study, we report on 4 children with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, of which 3 of them were asymptomatic. These patients had both pharyngeal swabs and anal swabs testing during hospital or after discharge. All the 4 children showed long-time positive viral RNA in the stool specimens after pharyngeal swabs turned negative during the follow-up stage, especially in the asymptomatic children. The positive RNA in stool specimens of asymptomatic children last for more than 54 days after admission or 30 days after discharge.
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