{"id":6838,"date":"2020-05-14T17:17:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T00:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=6838"},"modified":"2021-03-17T17:18:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T00:18:44","slug":"risk-factors-for-viral-rna-shedding-in-covid-19-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/05\/14\/risk-factors-for-viral-rna-shedding-in-covid-19-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Risk Factors for Viral RNA Shedding in COVID-19 Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"34\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Among 410 COVID-19 patients admitted to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">three<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0hospitals in Wuh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">an, China, the authors estimate<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the median duration of viral RNA shedding (from symptom onset to\u00a0rRT-PCR conversion)\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to be<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a019 days (IQR 16-23 days; range 3-44 days). Most patients (96%) tested negative for SARS- CoV-2 RNA within 30 days after symptom onset. The median duration from fever resolution to\u00a0rRT-PCR conversion was 7 days (IQR 4-10), although 10% of patients achieved fever resolution after testing negative for viral RNA.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"34\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Patients with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">coronary heart disease had a longer duration of viral RNA shedding (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">21\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">vs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a019 days<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">) and p<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">atients with albumin \u226535g\/L had a shorter duration of shedding (18\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">vs\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">20 days).\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Patients<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0who initiated antiviral therapy within 7 days of symptom onset had a shorter duration of viral RNA shedding (18\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">vs\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">21<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0days<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Fu et al. (May 12, 2020). Risk Factors for Viral RNA Shedding in COVID-19 Patients. The European Respiratory Journal.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1183\/13993003.01190-2020\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1183\/13993003.01190-2020<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among 410 COVID-19 patients admitted to\u00a0three\u00a0hospitals in Wuhan, China, the authors estimate\u00a0the median duration of viral RNA shedding (from symptom onset to\u00a0rRT-PCR conversion)\u00a0to be\u00a019 days (IQR 16-23 days; range 3-44 days). Most patients (96%) tested negative for SARS- CoV-2 RNA within 30 days after symptom onset. The median duration from fever resolution to\u00a0rRT-PCR conversion was&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/05\/14\/risk-factors-for-viral-rna-shedding-in-covid-19-patients\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"topic":[21],"class_list":["post-6838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","topic-transmission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6838"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6839,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6838\/revisions\/6839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6838"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=6838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}