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Case Reports
. 2020 Jun;26(6):786-787.
doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.04.010. Epub 2020 Apr 15.

A report of three COVID-19 cases with prolonged viral RNA detection in anal swabs

Y Hu  1 , L Shen  2 , Y Yao  2 , Z Xu  3 , J Zhou  4 , H Zhou  5
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A report of three COVID-19 cases with prolonged viral RNA detection in anal swabs

Y Hu et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2020 Jun.
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Diagram of viral detection, fever, and oseltamivir administration in the three cases. SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acids turned negative in the anal swabs 15 and 5 days later than in the nasopharyngeal swabs in cases 1 and 2, respectively. Illness day represents the patients with clear clinical symptoms such as fever (labelled). The black arrows point to the admission day of each case. Virus nucleic acids were tested by real-time RT-PCR. Ct values are shown as Orf1ab+N genes. Oseltamivir was administered in an oral dose of 75 mg twice daily.
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