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SUBMITTER: Koff AG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7578652 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Infection control and hospital epidemiology 20201007 10
The incubation period of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is rarely >14 days. We report a patient with hypogammaglobulinemia who developed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with a confirmed incubation period of at least 21 days. These findings raise concern for a prolonged presymptomatic transmission phase, necessitating a longer quarantine duration in this patient population. ...[more]