Clinical and Epidemiological Features of a Family Cluster of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection

Abstract

In a family experiencing coronavirus disease 2019, the parents and 2 children aged 2 and 5 years became infected but the youngest child was not infected. Both children initially shed infectious virus, but cleared the virus after 5 to 6 days in the nasopharynx. However, viral RNA was continuously detected in the children's stool for more than 4 weeks.

Keywords: COVID-19; RNA persistence; SARS-CoV-2; children; gastrointestinal.