Clinical and epidemiological investigation of a child with asymptomatic COVID-19 infection following reoccurrence.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the case of a child infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who had subsequent viral reactivation.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed the clinical manifestations, epidemiological data, laboratory and imaging examinations, treatment, and follow-up of the child. And then, we searched related literature using PubMed.

Results

The 9-year-old boy was exposed to COVID-19 in Malawi and tested positive for NAT in Haikou, China. He was asymptomatic and admitted to our hospital. After six negative NATs, he was discharged from the hospital and quarantined in a hotel. His infection was reactivated again after 22 days (interval between first and last positive NATs). The cycle threshold (Ct) values of positive tests were 25 and 31, and the gene se

SUBMITTER: Lin QY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9399974 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature