Variable duration of viral shedding in cancer patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • In this retrospective study of 105 severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-infected cancer patients with longitudinal nasopharyngeal sampling, the duration of viral shedding and time to attain cycle threshold >30 was longer in patients with hematologic malignancy than in those with solid tumors. These findings have important public health implications.

publication date

  • August 27, 2021

Research

keywords

  • COVID-19
  • Neoplasms

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC8458847

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85113951920

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1017/ice.2021.378

PubMed ID

  • 34446121

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