You say potato, I say tomato: Reassessing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 viral loads in children

Yonker et  al conclude that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nasopharyngeal viral load in children in the first 2 days of symptoms was significantly greater than in hospitalized adults with severe disease.1 Comparing the median viral load of 9 children in the first 2 days of ill ness with that of adults tested at least 7 days and as many as 26 days after symptom onset, a time point when viral load is always lower than at symptom onset and contagiousness has ceased, is inappropriate.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research