Transmissibility and viral replication of SARS-COV-2 in immunocompromised patients

J Med Virol. 2021 Jul;93(7):4156-4160. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26970. Epub 2021 Apr 3.

Authors

Azizullah Beran¹, Evan Zink², Mohammed Mhanna¹, Aya Abugharbyeh¹, Jennifer Hanrahan², Joan Duggan², Ragheb Assaly^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
³ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
COVID-19 / pathology
COVID-19 / transmission*
Female
Humans
Immunocompromised Host / immunology*
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Isolation / methods
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
SARS-CoV-2 / metabolism
Virus Replication / physiology*
Virus Shedding / physiology*
Young Adult