[HTML][HTML] Culture-competent SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharynx of symptomatic neonates, children, and adolescents
AG L'Huillier, G Torriani, F Pigny, L Kaiser… - Emerging infectious …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AG L'Huillier, G Torriani, F Pigny, L Kaiser, I Eckerle
Emerging infectious diseases, 2020•ncbi.nlm.nih.govChildren do not seem to drive transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We isolated culture-competent virus in vitro from 12 (52%) of
23 SARS-CoV-2–infected children; the youngest was 7 days old. Our findings show that
symptomatic neonates, children, and teenagers shed infectious SARS-CoV-2, suggesting
that transmission from them is plausible.
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We isolated culture-competent virus in vitro from 12 (52%) of
23 SARS-CoV-2–infected children; the youngest was 7 days old. Our findings show that
symptomatic neonates, children, and teenagers shed infectious SARS-CoV-2, suggesting
that transmission from them is plausible.
Abstract
Children do not seem to drive transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We isolated culture-competent virus in vitro from 12 (52%) of 23 SARS-CoV-2–infected children; the youngest was 7 days old. Our findings show that symptomatic neonates, children, and teenagers shed infectious SARS-CoV-2, suggesting that transmission from them is plausible.
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