Two prolonged viremic SARS-CoV-2 infections with conserved viral genome for two months
| Author | Laith J., Abu-Raddad |
| Author | Chemaitelly, Hiam |
| Author | Malek, Joel A. |
| Author | Ahmed, Ayeda A. |
| Author | Mohamoud, Yasmin A. |
| Author | Younuskunju, Shameem |
| Author | Al Kanaani, Zaina |
| Author | Al Khal, Abdullatif |
| Author | Al Kuwari, Einas |
| Author | Butt, Adeel A. |
| Author | Coyle, Peter |
| Author | Jeremijenko, Andrew |
| Author | Kaleeckal, Anvar Hassan |
| Author | Latif, Ali Nizar |
| Author | Shaik, Riyazuddin Mohammad |
| Author | Abdul Rahim, Hanan F. |
| Author | Yassine, Hadi M. |
| Author | Al Kuwari, Mohamed G. |
| Author | Al Romaihi, Hamad Eid |
| Author | Al-Thani, Mohamed H. |
| Author | Bertollini, Roberto |
| Available date | 2021-01-05T08:34:13Z |
| Publication Date | 2021-03-31 |
| Publication Name | Infection, Genetics and Evolution |
| Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104684 |
| Citation | Abu-Raddad, L. J., Chemaitelly, H., Malek, J. A., Ahmed, A. A., Mohamoud, Y. A., Younuskunju, S., ... & Coyle, P. (2020). Two prolonged viremic SARS-CoV-2 infections with conserved viral genome for two months. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 88, 104684. |
| ISSN | 15671348 |
| Abstract | We document two cases of viremic and prolonged active infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) where the viral genome was conserved for two months, but infection was with little or no symptoms. The first infection persisted for 80 days and the second for 62 days. Clearance of infection occurred 40 and 41 days, respectively, after development of detectable antibodies. Both cases were identified incidentally in an investigation of reinfection in a cohort of 133,266 laboratory-confirmed infected persons. |
| Language | en |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Subject | SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Epidemiology Infection Genome Infectious period |
| Type | Article |
| Volume Number | 88 |
| Open Access user License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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