| Title: |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Viral Load Kinetics in Symptomatic Children, Adolescents, and Adults |
| Authors: |
Bellon, Mathilde; Baggio, Stephanie; Jacquerioz Bausch, Frederique; Spechbach, Hervé; Salamun, Julien; Genecand, Camille; Tardin, Aglae; Kaiser, Laurent; L’Huillier, Arnaud G; Eckerle, Isabella |
| Contributors: |
Private HUG Foundation |
| Source: |
Clinical Infectious Diseases ; volume 73, issue 6, page e1384-e1386 ; ISSN 1058-4838 1537-6591 |
| Publisher Information: |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Description: |
SARS-CoV-2 viral load (VL) can serve as a correlate for infectious virus presence and transmission. Viral shedding kinetics over the first week of illness for symptomatic children (n = 279), adolescents (n = 639), and adults (n = 7109) show VLs compatible with infectious virus presence, with slightly lower VL in children than adults. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1093/cid/ciab396 |
| DOI: |
10.1093/cid/ciab396/39308475/ciab396.pdf |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab396; http://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab396/39308475/ciab396.pdf; http://academic.oup.com/cid/article-pdf/73/6/e1384/40392460/ciab396.pdf |
| Rights: |
https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.79EB7B28 |
| Database: |
BASE |