SARS-CoV-2 Virus Culture and Subgenomic RNA for Respiratory Specimens from Patients with Mild Coronavirus Disease

We investigated 68 respiratory specimens from 35 coronavirus disease patients in Hong Kong, of whom 32 had mild disease. We found that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and subgenomic RNA were rarely detectable beyond 8 days after onset of illness. However, virus RNA was detectable for many weeks by reverse transcription PCR.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Emerging infectious diseases - 26(2020), 11 vom: 02. Nov., Seite 2701-2704

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Perera, Ranawaka A P M [VerfasserIn]
Tso, Eugene [VerfasserIn]
Tsang, Owen T Y [VerfasserIn]
Tsang, Dominic N C [VerfasserIn]
Fung, Kitty [VerfasserIn]
Leung, Yonna W Y [VerfasserIn]
Chin, Alex W H [VerfasserIn]
Chu, Daniel K W [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Samuel M S [VerfasserIn]
Poon, Leo L M [VerfasserIn]
Chuang, Vivien W M [VerfasserIn]
Peiris, Malik [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
China
Coronavirus
Coronavirus disease
Hong Kong
Infectivity
Journal Article
Mild disease
RNA, Viral
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Respiratory infections
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Subgenomic RNA
Viral RNA load
Virus culture
Viruses
Zoonoses

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Date Completed 04.11.2020

Date Revised 06.02.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3201/eid2611.203219

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM313252033