SARS-CoV-2 viral load kinetics in symptomatic children, adolescents and adults

M. Bellon, S. Baggio, F. Bausch, H. Spechbach, J. Salamun, C. Genecand, A. Tardin, L. Kaiser, A. L'Huillier, I. Eckerle

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2021

Abstract SARS-CoV-2 viral load (VL) can serve as a correlate for infectious virus presence and transmission. Viral shedding kinetics over the first week of illness for symptomatic children (n=279), adolescents (n=639) and adults (n=7109) show VLs compatible with infectious virus presence, with slightly lower VL in children than adults.

Cited by 2 publications.

Field of study: Medicine

10.1093/cid/ciab396