Infants younger than 6 months old infected by SARS-CoV-2 show the highest respiratory viral loads

There is a paucity of reports on the characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infection in infants, since most studies have grouped infants with older children. We analyzed the viral loads of 45,318 SARS-CoV-2-positive nasopharyngeal swab samples obtained in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Infants younger than 6 months old 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.

Palabras clave: VIRAL LOAD , SARS-COV-2 , COVID-19 , INFANT

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/149768

URL: https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiab577/6438522

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiab577

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Articulos de INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMEDICAS EN RETROVIRUS Y SIDA

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Ochoa, Valeria Pilar; Erra Diaz, Fernando Alberto; Ramirez, Joaquin Ezequiel; Fentini, María Clara; Carobene, Mauricio; et al.; Infants younger than 6 months old infected by SARS-CoV-2 show the highest respiratory viral loads; University of Chicago Press; Journal Of Infectious Diseases; 11-2021; 1-15

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