Infectious Disease Service, Department of Pediatrics, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
National Public Health Laboratory, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore, Singapore.
Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 28;71(15):847-849. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa201.
A well 6-month-old infant with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had persistently positive nasopharyngeal swabs up to day 16 of admission. This case highlights the difficulties in establishing the true incidence of COVID-19, as asymptomatic individuals can excrete the virus. These patients may play important roles in human-to-human transmission in the community.
一名 6 个月大的婴儿患有 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19），在入院第 16 天鼻咽拭子仍持续阳性。本病例突出了确定 COVID-19 真实发病率的困难，因为无症状个体可能会排出病毒。这些患者在社区人际传播中可能发挥重要作用。
