Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020
Research Letter
SARS-CoV-2 RNA Detection on Disposable Wooden Chopsticks, Hong Kong
Grace Lui, Christopher K.C. Lai, Zigui Chen, Sylvia L.Y. Tong, Wendy C.S. Ho, Apple C.M. Yeung, Siaw S. Boon, Rita W.Y. Ng, and Paul K.S. Chan
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Figure. Timelines showing results of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 reverse transcription -PCR testing of chopsticks used by 5 patients in Hong Kong. The results of testing on serial respiratory specimens confirmed that all chopstick samples were collected when patients were shedding viruses from the respiratory tract. A) Patient A was asymptomatic. B) Patient B was postsymptomatic. C) Patient C had severe infection with pneumonia and desaturation. D) Patient D had moderate infection with pneumonia. E) Patient E was postsymptomatic.
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