dc.contributor.author | Xu, Yi et al. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-23T18:37:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-04-23T18:37:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-03-13 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0817-4 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12663/1184 | |
dc.description.abstract | We report epidemiological and clinical investigations on ten pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection cases confirmed by real-time reverse transcription PCR assay of SARS-CoV-2 RNA. Symptoms in these cases were nonspecific and no children required respiratory support or intensive care. Chest X-rays lacked definite signs of pneumonia, a defining feature of the infection in adult cases. Notably, eight children persistently tested positive on rectal swabs even after nasopharyngeal testing was negative, raising the possibility of fecal–oral transmission. | en_US |
dc.language | English | en_US |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | en_US |
dc.subject | Coronavirus | en_US |
dc.subject | Infectious Diseases | en_US |
dc.subject | Pediatrics | en_US |
dc.subject | Public Health | en_US |
dc.title | Characteristics of pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection and potential evidence for persistent fecal viral shedding | en_US |
eihealth.country | Others | en_US |
eihealth.category | Virus: natural history, transmission and diagnostics | en_US |
eihealth.category | Epidemiology and epidemiological studies | en_US |
eihealth.type | Published Article | en_US |
eihealth.maincategory | Save Lives / Salvar Vidas | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Nature Medicine | en_US |