@article{47d5d03935854b78b05720659012ce99,
title = "Positive RT-PCR tests among discharged COVID-19 patients in Shenzhen, China",
abstract = "Among all 209 discharged coronavirus 2019 patients in Shenzhen China between January 23 and February 21, 2020, there are 9 (4.3%) patients showed RT-PCR positive in throat swabs, 13 (6.2%) patients showed RT-PCR positive in anal swabs, and 22 (10.5%) positive in either type. The time between discharge and positive RT-PCR tests is 4.7 days on average. These numbers shed light on the viral dynamics of COVID-19.",
keywords = "age, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, diarrhea, discharge, RT-PCR",
author = "Xiujuan Tang and Shi Zhao and Daihai He and Lin Yang and Wang, {Maggie H.} and Yuan Li and Shujiang Mei and Xuan Zou",
note = "Funding Information: D.H. was supported by General Research Fund (grant no. 15205119) of Research Grants Council of Hong Kong and an Alibaba (China)-Hong Kong Polytechnic University Collaborative Research project. The funding agencies had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; or decision to submit the manuscript for publication. Funding Information: D.H. was supported by an Alibaba (China)-Hong Kong Polytechnic University Collaborative Research project. All other authors declared no competing interests related to this article.",
year = "2020",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1017/ice.2020.134",
language = "English",
volume = "41",
pages = "1110--1112",
journal = "Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology",
issn = "0899-823X",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
number = "9",
}
