Persistent positivity and fluctuations of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in clinically-recovered COVID-19 patients

J Infect. 2020 Sep;81(3):e90-e92. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.06.024. Epub 2020 Jun 20.

¹ Residency in Microbiology and Virology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Laboratories, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
³ Chemical-clinical and Microbiological Analyses, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Agency for Health Protection of Metropolitan Area of Milan (ATS), Milan, Italy.
⁵ Infectious Diseases, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Continuità Ospedale Territorio, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy.
⁷ Department of Oncology and Hemato-oncology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
⁸ Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
⁹ Chemical-clinical and Microbiological Analyses, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy; Department of Oncology and Hemato-oncology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy.
¹¹ Rheumatology Unit, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy.
¹² Department of Oncology and Hemato-oncology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: claudia.alteri@unimi.it.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Hospital discharge; Molecular diagnosis; Pandemic; RT-PCR; SARS-CoV-2.

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