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Duration of shedding of infectious SARS-CoV-2 and correlation to clinical and serological response

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $160,000

  • Funder

    Lundbeck Foundation

  • Principal Investigator

    Dr. ristina Franck

  • Research Location

    Denmark

  • Lead Research Institution

    Statens Serum Institut (SSI)

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Pathogen: natural history, transmission and diagnostics

  • Research Subcategory

    Pathogen morphology, shedding & natural history

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    Unspecified

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

Most of the methods for studying SARS-CoV-2 detect the presence of the virus' DNA but not whether there are any infectious virus particles. How long does a COVID-19 patient shed virus particles once he or she no longer has symptoms?