Culture-Competent SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharynx of Symptomatic Neonates, Children, and Adolescents.
Adolescent
Betacoronavirus
/ isolation & purification
COVID-19
Cell Line
Child
Child, Preschool
Coronavirus Infections
/ diagnosis
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Nasopharynx
/ virology
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral
/ diagnosis
RNA, Viral
/ analysis
SARS-CoV-2
Viral Load
Virus Cultivation
Virus Replication
2019 novel coronavirus disease
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Switzerland
adolescents
children
coronavirus disease
neonates
respiratory diseases
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
viral shedding
viruses
zoonoses
Journal
Emerging infectious diseases
ISSN: 1080-6059
Titre abrégé: Emerg Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9508155
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2020
10 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
1
7
2020
medline:
30
9
2020
entrez:
1
7
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Children do not seem to drive transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We isolated culture-competent virus in vitro from 12 (52%) of 23 SARS-CoV-2-infected children; the youngest was 7 days old. Our findings show that symptomatic neonates, children, and teenagers shed infectious SARS-CoV-2, suggesting that transmission from them is plausible.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32603290
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.202403
pmc: PMC7510703
doi:
Substances chimiques
RNA, Viral
0
Types de publication
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2494-2497Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
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