TY - JOUR AU - Han, Mi Seon AU - Seong, Moon-Woo AU - Kim, Namhee AU - Shin, Sue AU - Cho, Sung Im AU - Park, Hyunwoong AU - Kim, Taek Soo AU - Park, Sung Sup AU - Choi, Eun Hwa T1 - Viral RNA Load in Mildly Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Children with COVID-19, Seoul, South Korea T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 10 SP - 2497 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Along with positive SARS-CoV-2 RNA in nasopharyngeal swabs, viral RNA was detectable at high concentration for >3 weeks in fecal samples from 12 mildly symptomatic and asymptomatic children with COVID-19 in Seoul, South Korea. Saliva also tested positive during the early phase of infection. If proven infectious, feces and saliva could serve as transmission sources. KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - viral load KW - children KW - COVID-19 KW - feces KW - saliva KW - Seoul KW - South Korea KW - viruses KW - respiratory infections KW - coronavirus KW - 2019 novel coronavirus disease KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - coronavirus disease KW - zoonoses DO - 10.3201/eid2610.202449 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/10/20-2449_article ER - End of Reference