Clinical and Epidemiological Features of a Family Cluster of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection

Wolf, Gerhard K.; Glueck, Thomas; Huebner, Johannes; Muenchhoff, Maximilian; Hoffmann, Dieter; French, Lars E.; Keppler, Oliver T. und Protzer, Ulrike (2020): Clinical and Epidemiological Features of a Family Cluster of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection. In: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Bd. 9, Nr. 3: S. 362-365

Abstract

In a family experiencing coronavirus disease 2019, the parents and 2 children aged 2 and 5 years became infected but the youngest child was not infected. Both children initially shed infectious virus, but cleared the virus after 5 to 6 days in the nasopharynx. However, viral RNA was continuously detected in the children's stool for more than 4 weeks.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 2048-7193
• Sprache: Englisch