We analysed consecutive RT-qPCR results of 537 symptomatic coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in home quarantine. Respectively 2, 3, and 4 weeks after symptom onset, 50%, 25% and 10% of patients had detectable RNA from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). In patients with mild COVID-19, RNA detection is likely to outlast currently known periods of infectiousness by far and fixed time periods seem more appropriate in determining the length of home isolation than laboratory-based approaches.
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【저자키워드】 COVID-19 diagnostic testing, Patient Isolation, survival analysis, Review Literature as Topic, 【초록키워드】 COVID-19, coronavirus disease, SARS-CoV-2, Home isolation, RNA, RT-qPCR, symptomatic, Patient, Mild, Coronavirus-2, home quarantine, symptom onset, acute respiratory syndrome, approaches, detectable, analysed, fixed, 【제목키워드】 Home isolation, Duration, survival, Germany, SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection, Analysis, COVID-19 patient, Rhineland-Palatinate,
【저자키워드】 COVID-19 diagnostic testing, Patient Isolation, survival analysis, Review Literature as Topic, 【초록키워드】 COVID-19, coronavirus disease, SARS-CoV-2, Home isolation, RNA, RT-qPCR, symptomatic, Patient, Mild, Coronavirus-2, home quarantine, symptom onset, acute respiratory syndrome, approaches, detectable, analysed, fixed, 【제목키워드】 Home isolation, Duration, survival, Germany, SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection, Analysis, COVID-19 patient, Rhineland-Palatinate,