Duration and key determinants of infectious virus shedding in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)

Key questions in COVID-19 are the duration and determinants of infectious virus shedding. Here, we report that infectious virus shedding is detected by virus cultures in 23 of the 129 patients (17.8%) hospitalized with COVID-19. The median duration of shedding infectious virus is 8 days post onset o...

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Published in:	Nature communications Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 267 - 6
Main Authors:	van Kampen, Jeroen J. A., van de Vijver, David A. M. C., Fraaij, Pieter L. A., Haagmans, Bart L., Lamers, Mart M., Okba, Nisreen, van den Akker, Johannes P. C., Endeman, Henrik, Gommers, Diederik A. M. P. J., Cornelissen, Jan J., Hoek, Rogier A. S., van der Eerden, Menno M., Hesselink, Dennis A., Metselaar, Herold J., Verbon, Annelies, de Steenwinkel, Jurriaan E. M., Aron, Georgina I., van Gorp, Eric C. M., van Boheemen, Sander, Voermans, Jolanda C., Boucher, Charles A. B., Molenkamp, Richard, Koopmans, Marion P. G., Geurtsvankessel, Corine, van der Eijk, Annemiek A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 11.01.2021 Nature Publishing Group Nature Portfolio
Subjects:	13/1 13/106 45/88 631/326/596/4130 692/308/575 692/699/255/2514 Accident prevention Aged Antibodies Confidence intervals Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 - diagnosis COVID-19 - virology COVID-19 Testing Determinants Disease control Female Humanities and Social Sciences Humans Male Middle Aged multidisciplinary Multivariate Analysis Odds Ratio Respiratory System - virology Respiratory tract Ribonucleic acid RNA RNA, Viral SARS-CoV-2 Science Science (multidisciplinary) Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Signs and symptoms Viral diseases Viral Load Virus Shedding Viruses
ISSN:	2041-1723, 2041-1723
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