id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-278522-e4qa19o6 Park, Se Yoon Persistent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 detection after resolution of coronavirus disease 2019-associated symptoms/signs 2020-06-19 .txt text/plain 1605 106 56 There are limited data on the duration of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA in respiratory specimens after resolution of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated symptoms/signs. Persistent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 detection after resolution of coronavirus disease 2019-associated symptoms/signs Se Yoon Park 1 , Soon Gyu Yun 2 , Jeong Won Shin 2 , Bo Young Lee 3 , Hyo-Ju Son 1 , Seungjae Lee 1 , Eunjung Lee 1 , and Tae Hyong Kim 1 Since the first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected more than three million people in 211 countries. Few studies have investigated the duration of SARS-CoV-2 detection during the patients' recovery phase after resolution of COVID-19-associated symptoms/signs. SARS-CoV-2 shedding continued for about 4 weeks after resolution of COVID-19-associated symptoms/signs, with the longest period being 48 days. In conclusion, we found that SARS-CoV-2 virus shedding can persist for more than three weeks after resolution of COVID-19-associated symptoms/signs. ./cache/cord-278522-e4qa19o6.txt ./txt/cord-278522-e4qa19o6.txt