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cord-253472-3s142p6u	Saurabh, Suman	Author’s reply to correspondence regarding the article ‘Prolonged persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the upper respiratory tract of asymptomatic infected individuals’	2020-09-18		.txt	text/plain	735	60	57	title: Author's reply to correspondence regarding the article 'Prolonged persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the upper respiratory tract of asymptomatic infected individuals' 1 This is since 95% SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals (including both symptomatics and asymptomatics) were found to have virus persistence of up to 20.92 days. 1 Further, they go on to state that 'as per test-based strategy for asymptomatic patients, two respiratory specimens (≥ 24 hours apart) are required to be negative, irrespective of initial date of COVID-19 detection'. Test-based discharge is not practicable with an overwhelming number of SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals and a large proportion of them undergoing home isolation. Prolonged persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the upper respiratory tract of asymptomatic infected individuals Shedding of infectious virus in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): duration and key determinants Viral RNA load as determined by cell culture as a management tool for discharge of SARS-CoV-2 patients from infectious disease wards	./cache/cord-253472-3s142p6u.txt	./txt/cord-253472-3s142p6u.txt