Author: Tan, Le Van; Ngoc, Nghiem My; That, Bui Thi Ton; Uyen, Le Thi Tam; Hong, Nguyen Thi Thu; Dung, Nguyen Thi Phuong; Nhu, Le Nguyen Truc; Thanh, Tran Tan; Man, Dinh Nguyen Huy; Phong, Nguyen Thanh; Hien, Tran Tinh; Truong, Nguyen Thanh; Thwaites, Guy; Chau, Nguyen Van Vinh
Title: Duration of viral detection in throat and rectum of a patient with COVID-19 Cord-id: q4i9kh65 Document date: 2020_3_16
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Snippet: The rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) raises concern about a global pandemic. Knowledge about the duration of viral shedding remains important for patient management and infection control. We report the duration of viral detection in throat and rectum of a COVID-19 patient treated at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Despite clinical recovery, SARS-CoV-2 RNA remained detectable by real time RT-PCR in throat and rectal swabs until day 11 and 18 of
Document: The rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) raises concern about a global pandemic. Knowledge about the duration of viral shedding remains important for patient management and infection control. We report the duration of viral detection in throat and rectum of a COVID-19 patient treated at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Despite clinical recovery, SARS-CoV-2 RNA remained detectable by real time RT-PCR in throat and rectal swabs until day 11 and 18 of hospitalization, respectively. Because live SARS-CoV-2 has been successfully isolated from a stool sample from a COVID-19 patient in China, the results demonstrate that COVID-19 patients may remain infectious for long periods, and fecal-oral transmission may be possible. Therefore, our finding has important implications for infection control.
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