Infants Younger Than 6 Months Infected With SARS-CoV-2 Show the Highest Respiratory Viral Loads
Abstract:
There is a paucity of reports on the characteristics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in infants, because most studies have grouped infants with older children. We analyzed the viral loads of 45318 SARS-CoV-2-positive nasopharyngeal swab samples obtained in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Infants younger than 6 months presented higher viral loads than any other age group. Children older than 6 months showed significantly lower viral loads, similar to those founds in adults. This observation raises new questions regarding the role of infants in the spreading of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Año de publicación:
2022
Keywords:
- CoV
- Viral load
- covid
- SARS
- 19
- CHILDREN
- 2
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Tipo de documento:
Article
Estado:
Acceso abierto
Áreas de conocimiento:
- Infección
- Epidemiología
Áreas temáticas:
- Ginecología, obstetricia, pediatría, geriatría
- Enfermedades
- Medicina forense; incidencia de enfermedades
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