Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Viral Load Kinetics in Symptomatic Children, Adolescents, and Adults
Mathilde Bellon, Stéphanie Baggio, Frédérique Jacquerioz Bausch, Hervé Spechbach, Julien Salamun, Camille Genecand, Aglaé Tardin, Laurent Kaiser, Arnaud G. L’Huillier, Isabella Eckerle
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.
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MedicineViral loadViral sheddingSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)CoronavirusRespiratory system2019-20 coronavirus outbreakVirologyTransmission (telecommunications)VirusBetacoronavirusImmunologyPediatricsInternal medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseEngineeringElectrical engineeringOutbreakCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing