Children with no Covid-19 symptoms may shed virus for weeks

Posted by InInteraction on Saturday August 29, 2020 @10:27AM
from the eurekalert.org dept.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/cnh-cwn081920.php

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Re:Children with no Covid-19 symptoms may shed virus for weeks by lbeltrame on Saturday August 29, 2020 @11:23AM (#24316696)

They can shed viral RNA for weeks. Whether this means they are infectious is unknown, because the paper (not linked in TFA) did not attempt to test for live virus (cell culture infection).

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Re:Children with no Covid-19 symptoms may shed virus for weeks by zaroth on Saturday August 29, 2020 @11:26AM (#24316732)

IMO: This deserves a title modification.

Children with no COVID-19 symptoms may shed viral RNA for weeks.

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