Coronavirus Disease 2019 Test Results After Clinical Recovery and Hospital Discharge Among Patients in China
Jinru Wu, Xinyi Liu, Jianjun Liu, Han Liao, Sixuan Long, Ning Zhou, Pa Wu
Abstract
This cross-sectional study used reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction tests to assess potential viral shedding among patients who previously had been diagnosed with and had clinically recovered from coronavirus disease 2019.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicineCoronavirusSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)DiseaseReverse transcriptase2019-20 coronavirus outbreakPolymerase chain reactionVirologyCross-sectional studyInternal medicinePathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)BiologyGeneOutbreakBiochemistryCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing