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| Title: | Positive RT-PCR tests among discharged COVID-19 patients in Shenzhen, China | Authors: | Tang, X Zhao, S He, D Yang, L Wang, MH Li, Y Mei, S Zou, X |
Issue Date: | 16-Apr-2020 | Source: | Infection control & hospital epidemiology, 2020, p. 1287-1299 (Article in Press) | Abstract: | Among all 209 discharged coronavirus 2019 patients in Shenzhen China between January 23 and February 21, 2020, there are 9 (4.3%) patients showed RT-PCR positive in throat swabs, 13 (6.2%) patients showed RT-PCR positive in anal swabs, and 22 (10.5%) positive in either type. The time between discharge and positive RT-PCR tests is 4.7 days on average. These numbers shed light on the viral dynamics of COVID-19. | Keywords: | Age Coronavirus disease 2019 COVID-19 Diarrhea Discharge RT-PCR |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | Journal: | Infection control & hospital epidemiology | ISSN: | 089-9823X | EISSN: | 1559-6834 | DOI: | 10.1017/ice.2020.134 | Rights: | © 2020 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The following publication Tang X, et al. (2020). Positive RT-PCR tests among discharged COVID-19 patients in Shenzhen, China. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.134 |
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