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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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Duration of SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection in COVID-19 patients in home isolation, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 2020 – an interval-censored survival analysis
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Sarah+Omar&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Omar Sarah</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Christoph+Bartz&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bartz Christoph</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sabine+Becker&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Becker Sabine</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Silke+Basenach&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Basenach Silke</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sandra+Pfeifer&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pfeifer Sandra</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Corinna+Trapp&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Trapp Corinna</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hildegard+Hamm&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hamm Hildegard</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hans+Christoph+Schlichting&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Schlichting Hans Christoph</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Magdalena+Friederichs&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Friederichs Magdalena</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ulrich+Koch&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Koch Ulrich</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Christian+Jestrabek&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Jestrabek Christian</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ernst+Hilger&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hilger Ernst</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Manfred+Vogt&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Vogt Manfred</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Klaus+Jahn&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Jahn Klaus</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Simiao+Chen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Chen Simiao</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Till+B%C3%A4rnighausen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bärnighausen Till</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Philipp+Zanger&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Zanger Philipp</a>, <a href="/search?value1=on+behalf+of+the+Palatina+Public+Health+Study+Group&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">on behalf of the Palatina Public Health Study Group</a></span>. Duration of SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection in COVID-19 patients in home isolation, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 2020 – an interval-censored survival analysis. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2020;25(30):pii=2001292. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.30.2001292" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.30.2001292</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 27 Jun 2020;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 30 Jul 2020 </span> </p>
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