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SARS-CoV-2 Shedding and Infectivity

Category: Public Health

Published time: 15 April 2020

Authors: Barry Atkinson, Eskild Petersen

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, infectivity, viral shedding


Abstract

Fei Zhou and colleagues estimated mean duration of viral shedding by assessing the presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral RNA in patient samples. Assessing potential infectivity is a labour-intensive process, but the presence of nucleic acid alone cannot be used to define viral shedding or infection potential, as the authors state is possible within their methods.


SARS-CoV-2 shedding and infectivity

 

Reference: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30868-0/fulltext

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