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ArticleBMC infectious diseases2021

Recurrent SARS-CoV-2 RNA positivity and prolonged viral shedding in a patient with COVID-19: a case report.

Chun-Hua Xiao, Lin-Fa Chen, You Li

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Article in BMC infectious diseases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 57% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Case Series of SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection in Elite Athletes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chun-Hua Xiao *Department of Infectious Diseases, Huizhou Third People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Huizhou, 516000, China.
Lin-Fa Chen *Department of Infectious Diseases, Huizhou Third People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Huizhou, 516000, China.
You LiGuangdong Key Laboratory of Age-Related Cardiac and Cerebral Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, 524001, China. youli805@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0968-1001
Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University · CNGuangdong Medical College · CN

Funding

the National Nature Science Foundation of China 81300929the National Nature Science Foundation of China grant numbers 81571157
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus remains a major threat to public health. At present, it is recommended that patients with known or suspected COVID-19 undergo quarantine or medical observation for 14 days. However, recurrent SARS-CoV-2 RNA positivity and prolonged viral shedding have been documented in convalescent COVID-19 patients, complicating efforts to control viral spread and ensure patient recovery. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a patient who experienced two recurrent episodes of SARS-CoV-2 RNA and IgM positivity and viral shedding over 60 days during hospitalization.

conclusionsThis case report demonstrates that relapses of SARS-CoV-2 RNA and IgM positivity may occur even after COVID-19 symptoms have resolved, possibly as a consequence of prolonged viral shedding rather than re-infection.

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COVID-19RNA, ViralHumansSARS-CoV-2Virus SheddingRNA, ViralCoronavirusCOVID-19IgMRecurrenceSARS-CoV-2Viral shedding

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PMID34663257
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