%0 Journal Article %1 walsh2020duration %A Walsh, Kieran A. %A Spillane, Susan %A Comber, Laura %A Cardwell, Karen %A Harrington, Patricia %A Connell, Jeff %A Teljeur, Conor %A Broderick, Natasha %A de Gascun, Cillian F. %A Smith, Susan M. %A Ryan, Máirín %A O'Neill, Michelle %D 2020 %I Elsevier %J Journal of Infection %K covid-19 infectious_disase pcr_test %N 6 %P 847-856 %R 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.10.009 %T The duration of infectiousness of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 %U https://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-4453(20)30651-4/fulltext %V 81 %X <h2>Summary</h2><h3>Objectives</h3><p>To summarise the evidence on the duration of infectiousness of individuals in whom SARS-CoV-2 ribonucleic acid is detected.</p><h3>Methods</h3><p>A rapid review was undertaken in PubMed, Europe PubMed Central and EMBASE from 1 January 2020 to 26 August 2020.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>We identified 15 relevant studies, including 13 virus culture and 2 contact tracing studies. For 5 virus culture studies, the last day on which SARS-CoV-2 was isolated occurred within 10 days of symptom onset. For another 5 studies, SARS-CoV-2 was isolated beyond day 10 for approximately 3% of included patients. The remaining 3 virus culture studies included patients with severe or critical disease; SARS-CoV-2 was isolated up to day 32 in one study. Two studies identified immunocompromised patients from whom SARS-CoV-2 was isolated for up to 20 days. Both contact tracing studies, when close contacts were first exposed greater than 5 days after symptom onset in the index case, found no evidence of laboratory-confirmed onward transmission of SARS-CoV-2.</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>COVID-19 patients with mild-to-moderate illness are highly unlikely to be infectious beyond 10 days of symptoms. However, evidence from a limited number of studies indicates that patients with severe-to-critical illness or who are immunocompromised, may shed infectious virus for longer<b>.</b></p>

@article{walsh2020duration, abstract = {<h2>Summary</h2><h3>Objectives</h3><p>To summarise the evidence on the duration of infectiousness of individuals in whom SARS-CoV-2 ribonucleic acid is detected.</p><h3>Methods</h3><p>A rapid review was undertaken in PubMed, Europe PubMed Central and EMBASE from 1 January 2020 to 26 August 2020.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>We identified 15 relevant studies, including 13 virus culture and 2 contact tracing studies. For 5 virus culture studies, the last day on which SARS-CoV-2 was isolated occurred within 10 days of symptom onset. For another 5 studies, SARS-CoV-2 was isolated beyond day 10 for approximately 3% of included patients. The remaining 3 virus culture studies included patients with severe or critical disease; SARS-CoV-2 was isolated up to day 32 in one study. Two studies identified immunocompromised patients from whom SARS-CoV-2 was isolated for up to 20 days. Both contact tracing studies, when close contacts were first exposed greater than 5 days after symptom onset in the index case, found no evidence of laboratory-confirmed onward transmission of SARS-CoV-2.</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>COVID-19 patients with mild-to-moderate illness are highly unlikely to be infectious beyond 10 days of symptoms. However, evidence from a limited number of studies indicates that patients with severe-to-critical illness or who are immunocompromised, may shed infectious virus for longer<b>.</b></p>}, added-at = {2020-12-27T18:34:37.000+0100}, author = {Walsh, Kieran A. and Spillane, Susan and Comber, Laura and Cardwell, Karen and Harrington, Patricia and Connell, Jeff and Teljeur, Conor and Broderick, Natasha and de Gascun, Cillian F. and Smith, Susan M. and Ryan, Máirín and O'Neill, Michelle}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/246e827d3925b813ece09140fb96be865/fordham1}, description = {The duration of infectiousness of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 - Journal of Infection}, doi = {10.1016/j.jinf.2020.10.009}, interhash = {f8b33f91dcbec7dd8f5e9fa56d517d7c}, intrahash = {46e827d3925b813ece09140fb96be865}, issn = {0163-4453, 1532-2742}, journal = {Journal of Infection}, keywords = {covid-19 infectious_disase pcr_test}, number = 6, pages = {847-856}, publisher = {Elsevier}, timestamp = {2020-12-27T18:34:37.000+0100}, title = {The duration of infectiousness of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2}, type = {Article}, url = {https://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-4453(20)30651-4/fulltext}, volume = 81, year = 2020 }