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Case Reports
. 2020 Jun;55(6):E6-E9.
doi: 10.1002/ppul.24763. Epub 2020 Apr 3.

The isolation period should be longer: Lesson from a child infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Chongqing, China

Jilei Lin  1 , Jun Duan  2 , Tingdan Tan  2 , Zhou Fu  1 , Jihong Dai  1
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The isolation period should be longer: Lesson from a child infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Chongqing, China

Jilei Lin et al. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

In December 2019, COVID-19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbroke in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei province, China. The disease rapidly spread to other areas in China due to a huge population movement during the New Year Festival. Here, a 7-year-old child with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Chongqing, outside of Wuhan, Hubei province, was reported. This case suggested that children infected with SARS-CoV-2 are more likely to present milder manifestations than adults. The continuous positive real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay for SARS-CoV-2 in the child's throat swab sample indicated the isolation period for suspected child cases should be longer than 14 days.

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Computed tomography scans of the lung in a 7‐year‐old girl, (A) on February 4th, (B) on February 8th. No signs of pneumonia obtained
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