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Volume 26, Number 10—October 2020
Research Letter

Viral RNA Load in Mildly Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Children with COVID-19, Seoul, South Korea

Mi Seon Han1, Moon-Woo Seong1, Namhee Kim, Sue Shin, Sung Im Cho, Hyunwoong Park, Taek Soo Kim, Sung Sup Park, and Eun Hwa ChoiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Seoul Metropolitan Government–Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea (M.S. Han, N. Kim, S. Shin, H. Park); Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul (M.-W. Seong, S. Shin, H. Park, T.S. Kim, S.S. Park, E.H. Choi); Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul (M.-W. Seong, S.I. Cho, T.S. Kim, S.S. Park); Seoul National University Children’s Hospital, Seoul (E.H. Choi)

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Changes in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 viral RNA load in A) nasopharyngeal swabs, B) feces, and C) saliva of mildly symptomatic and asymptomatic children with coronavirus disease over time, South Korea. The thick red line indicates trend in viral RNA load over time, and the shaded areas represent 95% CIs. The dashed line indicates the detection limit (1.25 × 104 copies/mL). Specimens with undetectable viral RNA loads are shown under the dashed line. Days after onset indicates

Figure. Changes in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 viral RNA load in A) nasopharyngeal swabs, B) feces, and C) saliva of mildly symptomatic and asymptomatic children with coronavirus disease over time, South Korea. The thick red line indicates trend in viral RNA load over time, and the shaded areas represent 95% CIs. The dashed line indicates the detection limit (1.25 × 104 copies/mL). Specimens with undetectable viral RNA loads are shown under the dashed line. Days after onset indicates days after symptom onset for symptomatic patients, days after diagnosis for asymptomatic patients.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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