Duration of SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection in COVID-19 patients in home isolation, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 2020 - an interval-censored survival analysis.
Euro Surveill
; 25(30)2020 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-690919
ABSTRACT
We analysed consecutive RT-qPCR results of 537 symptomatic coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in home quarantine. Respectively 2, 3, and 4 weeks after symptom onset, 50%, 25% and 10% of patients had detectable RNA from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). In patients with mild COVID-19, RNA detection is likely to outlast currently known periods of infectiousness by far and fixed time periods seem more appropriate in determining the length of home isolation than laboratory-based approaches.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase
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Viral Nonstructural Proteins
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Coronavirus Infections
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Coronavirus
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Pandemics
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Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
1560-7917.ES.2020.25.30.2001292
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