Viral RNA Load in Mildly Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Children with COVID-19, Seoul

Mi Seon Han, Moon-Woo Seong, Namhee Kim, Sue Shin, Sung Im Cho, Hyunwoong Park, Taek Soo Kim, Sung Sup Park, Eun Hwa Choi
2020 Emerging Infectious Diseases  
Along with positive SARS-CoV-2 RNA in nasopharyngeal swabs, viral RNA was detectable at high concentration for >3 weeks in fecal samples from 12 mildly symptomatic and asymptomatic children with COVID-19. Saliva also tested positive during the early phase of infection. If proven infectious, feces and saliva could serve as transmission sources.
doi:10.3201/eid2610.202449 pmid:32497001 fatcat:ks5j5jtjxzhylkr36562opg7xq