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COVID-19 may result in prolonged infection in immunocompromised children and young adults – EurekAlert
Children and young adults with compromised immune systems may harbor the SARS-CoV-2 virus for extended periods of time, allowing the virus to mutate.
Children and young adults with compromised immune systems, such as those undergoing cancer treatment, may experience a prolonged period of infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and the extended duration of infection may increase the incidence of mutations. This case study was conducted by investigators at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and is published in the journal EBioMedicine.
Most people are infectious for about 10 days after first showing COVID-19 symptoms. In this study,…
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