Clinical and Epidemiological Features of a Family Cluster of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection
Gerhard Wolf, Thomas Glueck, Johannes Hüebner, Maximilian Muenchhoff, Dieter Hoffmann, Lars E. French, Oliver T. Keppler, Ulrike Protzer
Abstract
In a family experiencing coronavirus disease 2019, the parents and 2 children aged 2 and 5 years became infected but the youngest child was not infected. Both children initially shed infectious virus, but cleared the virus after 5 to 6 days in the nasopharynx. However, viral RNA was continuously detected in the children's stool for more than 4 weeks.
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MedicineAsymptomaticClearanceCoronavirusEpidemiologyVirologyVirusSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Respiratory systemCluster (spacecraft)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PediatricsPandemicDiseaseImmunologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicineComputer scienceProgramming languageUrologySARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchCOVID-19 Impact on ReproductionHuman Health and Disease