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Open Forum Infect Dis
; 8(1): ofaa599, 2021 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1052207
ABSTRACT
We studied the pattern and duration of viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) shedding in 32 asymptomatic and 11 paucisymptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 cases. Viral RNA shedding in exhaled breath progressively diminished and became negative after 6 days of a positive reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction test. Therefore, the duration of isolation can be minimized to 6 days.