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BackgroundTo clarify the characteristic and the duration of positive nucleic acid in children infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), including asymptomatic children. MethodsA total of 32 children confirmed with SARS-CoV-2 infection between January 24 and February 12, 2020 from four provinces in Western China were enrolled in this study and followed up until discharge and quarantine 14 days later. ResultsEleven children (34%) were asymptomatic, among whom six children had normal computed tomographic (CT) scan images. Age and gender were not associated with clinical symptoms or the results of CT scan in children infected with SARS-CoV-2. The concentrations of white blood cells and neutrophils were higher in children with asymptomatic infection than in children with clinical symptoms or CT abnormalities. Patients who presented with CT abnormalities had lower D-dimer or lower total bilirubin than those who had normal CT scan but clinical symptoms. All children recovered and no one died or was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). The mean duration of positive SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid was 15.4 (SD=7.2) days and similar for both asymptomatic children and children with symptoms or CT abnormalities. We found a significant negative correlation between the lymphocyte count and the duration of positive nucleic acid test. ConclusionsChildren with asymptomatic infection should be quarantined for the same duration as symptomatic patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. The clinical significance and mechanism behind the negative correlation between the number of lymphocytes and the duration of positive SARS-CoV-2 needs further study.
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A respiratory illness has been spreading rapidly in China, since its outbreak in Wuhan city, Hubei province in December 2019. The illness was caused by a novel coronavirus, named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Clinical manifestations related to SARS-CoV-2 infection ranged from no symptom to fatal pneumonia. World Health Organization (WHO) named the diseases associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection as COVID-19. Real time RT-PCR is the only laboratory test available till now to confirm the infection. However, the accuracy of real time RT-PCR depends on many factors, including sampling location and of methods, quality of RNA extraction and training of operators etc.. Variations in these factors might significantly lower the sensitivity of the detection. We developed a peptide-based luminescent immunoassay to detect IgG and IgM. Cut-off value of this assay was determined by the detection of 200 healthy sera and 167 sera from patients infected with other pathogens than SARS-CoV-2. To evaluate the performance of this assay, we detected IgG and IgM in the 276 sera from confirmed patients. The positive rate of IgG and IgM were 71.4% (197/276) and 57.2% (158/276) respectively. By combining with real time RT-PCR detection, this assay might help to enhance the accuracy of diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Objective To understand epidemic data and provide evidence for prevention and control of infectious diseases in Yongchuan area .Methods We collected the clinical materials of patients hospitalized during January 2008 to December 2012 ,and retrospectively analyzed the spectrum ,classification and epidemic tendency of infectious diseases in a hospital .Results A total of 4 632 patients were admitted to the department of infectious disease .The top two diseases were always hepatitis B virus infection related diseases and tuberculosis .Fatality mainly also appeared in end-stage liver diseases and tuberculosis .Morbidity of measles and mumps increased obviously in recent years .Hand-foot-mouth disease and influenza A(H1N1) were epidemic in this area .Conclusion The main infectious diseases in Yongchuan area are hepatitis B virus infection related diseases and tuberculosis ,which still are the important points for control and prevention .Also we should strengthen prevention of other infectious diseases such as hand-foot-mouth disease ,H1N1 and the mumps in order to decrease the occurrence of these infectious diseases .
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Objective To provide evidence for control and prevention of hand-foot-mouth disease(HFMD) ,we analyzed the epi-demiological and viral characteristics of HFMD in Yongchuan district from 2009 to 2012 .Methods We collected the clinical dates of HFMD cases from Diseases Infectious Department of the Yongchuan Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University during 2009 to 2012 ,and analyzed the epidemiological characteristics .Results There were 509 HFMD cases in recruitment ,including 2 se-vere cases(one was dead) .The peak incidence of HFMD occurred from May to July annually .Between 2011 and 2012 ,there was an-other peak incidence ,which occurred from November to December .Most of the patients were under 5 years-old .The number of male cases was larger than that of the female .The number of scattered children cases was larger than that of the nursery children .More cases were reported in rural area than in urban area .Coxsackie virus A16(Cox A16) and other enteroviruses were the predominant strains of HFMD ,however enterovirus 71(EV71) infected cases increased sharply between 2011and 2012 .Enterovirus 71(EV71) inflection is the main cause of severe and death of HFMD .Conclusion The prevalence of HFMD in Yongchuan district had signifi-cant seasonal ,sex and age-specific ,regional differences and etiological characteristics .It was very important to make practical man-agements to prevent occurrence of HFMD according to these epidemiological characteristics .