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. 2021 Sep 15;73(6):e1384-e1386.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab396.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Viral Load Kinetics in Symptomatic Children, Adolescents, and Adults

Mathilde Bellon  1   2 , Stephanie Baggio  3   4 , Frederique Jacquerioz Bausch  2   5   6 , Hervé Spechbach  6 , Julien Salamun  6 , Camille Genecand  7 , Aglae Tardin  7 , Laurent Kaiser  2   8   9 , Arnaud G L'Huillier  9   10 , Isabella Eckerle  1   2   8   9
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Viral Load Kinetics in Symptomatic Children, Adolescents, and Adults

Mathilde Bellon et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

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.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV2; children; viral shedding; virus transmission.

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