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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2022

Infants Younger Than 6 Months Infected With SARS-CoV-2 Show the Highest Respiratory Viral Loads.

Valeria Ochoa, Fernando Erra Díaz, Ezequiel Ramirez, María Clara Fentini, Mauricio Carobene, Jorge Geffner, Lourdes Arruvito, Federico Remes Lenicov, INBIRS COVID-19 Study Group

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Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Valeria OchoaUniversidad de Buenos Aires-Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y SIDA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Fernando Erra DíazUniversidad de Buenos Aires-Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y SIDA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Ezequiel RamirezUniversidad de Buenos Aires-Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y SIDA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
María Clara FentiniUniversidad de Buenos Aires-Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y SIDA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mauricio CarobeneUniversidad de Buenos Aires-Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y SIDA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Jorge GeffnerUniversidad de Buenos Aires-Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y SIDA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Lourdes ArruvitoUniversidad de Buenos Aires-Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y SIDA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Federico Remes LenicovUniversidad de Buenos Aires-Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y SIDA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
INBIRS COVID-19 Study Group

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National Ministry of Science Technology and InnovationUniversity of Buenos Aires
6 · The paper itself

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.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Viral LoadArgentinaHumansInfantRespiratory System192childrenCoVCOVIDSARSviral load

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PMID34850028
PMCPMC8690165

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