Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid detection: clinical characteristics from a US hospital.

Publication date: Oct 01, 2025

Reports of prolonged SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid detection have been described. Of 175 adult patients readmitted after being hospitalized with COVID-19 between March 2020 and June 2021, 35 had positive SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) 30 days or more from their initial NAAT. Higher albumin levels at the initial hospitalization were associated with a decreased risk of prolonged viral detection.

Concepts Keywords
Hospitalization Adult
June Aged
March Aged, 80 and over
Viral COVID-19
Female
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
RNA, Viral
RNA, Viral
SARS-CoV-2
Time Factors
United States

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease IDO nucleic acid
disease MESH COVID-19

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