Follow-up of asymptomatic patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection

X Zhou, Y Li, T Li, W Zhang - Clinical …, 2020 - clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection …
Asymptomatic people with SARS-CoV-2 infection are of great concern as they undermine
control interventions that rely on identifying symptomatic cases. However, current reports of …

Characteristics of asymptomatic COVID-19 infection and progression: a multicenter, retrospective study

C Yu, M Zhou, Y Liu, T Guo, C Ou, L Yang, Y Li, D Li… - Virulence, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by novel coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2, has spread globally since the end of 2019. Asymptomatic carriers are of great …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics of asymptomatic patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Jinan, China

Y Ma, Q Xu, F Wang, X Ma, X Wang, X Zhang… - Microbes and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is continuously and rapidly circulating at present …

Re-infection by COVID-19: a real threat for the future management of pandemia?

M Bongiovanni, F Basile - Infectious Diseases, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In a recent study of COVID-19 reported in this journal, 11 of 22 patients were again found
positive by RT PCR test results after 2 or 3 consecutively negative results [1]. Moreover …

Duration of culturable SARS-CoV-2 in hospitalized patients with Covid-19

MC Kim, C Cui, KR Shin, JY Bae… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Duration of Positive SARS-CoV-2 on RT-PCR and Culture In 21 consecutive patients with
confirmed Covid-19, the median times from symptom onset to negative viral culture and …

The importance and challenges of identifying SARS-CoV-2 reinfections

A Babiker, CE Marvil, JJ Waggoner… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Reports of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) reinfection have
raised important questions about the strength and durability of the immune response to …

[HTML][HTML] Prolonged viral shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in an immunocompromised patient

Y Nakajima, A Ogai, K Furukawa, R Arai, R Anan… - Journal of Infection and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The duration of viral shedding of SARS-CoV-2 is usually less than 10 days. We experienced
a COVID-19 case with prolonged viral shedding for 2 months. His cell mediated immunity …

Asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic COVID-19 in China

ZY Wu, JM McGoogan - Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2020 - mednexus.org
As the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic spreads rapidly across the
globe many unanswered questions about the basic biology and epidemiology of the disease …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical characteristics of non-critically ill patients with novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in a Fangcang Hospital

X Wang, J Fang, Y Zhu, L Chen, F Ding, R Zhou… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To describe the clinical characteristics of patients in a Fangcang Hospital.
Methods Non-critically ill individuals with positive SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR tests admitted …

[HTML][HTML] Viral kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic carriers and presymptomatic patients

SE Kim, HS Jeong, Y Yu, SU Shin, S Kim, TH Oh… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
From a total of 71 laboratory-confirmed cases, three presymptomatic patients and 10
patients with entirely asymptomatic infections were identified. In two of the three incubation …