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Viral Load Kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in First Two Patients in Korea

Journal of Korean Medical Science 2020년 35권 7호 p.86 ~ p.86

김진용(Kim Jin-Yong) - Incheon Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine
고재훈(Ko Jae-Hoon) - Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Samsung Medical Center Department of Medicine
김연재(Kim Yeon-Jae) - National Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine
김예진(Kim Yae-Jean) - Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Samsung Medical Center Department of Pediatrics
김정민(Kim Jeong-Min) - Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Center for Laboratory Control of Infectious Diseases Division of Viral Diseases
정윤석(Chung Yoon-Seok) - Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Center for Laboratory Control of Infectious Diseases Division of Viral Diseases
김희만(Kim Heui-Man) - Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Center for Laboratory Control of Infectious Diseases Division of Viral Diseases
한명국(Han Myung-Guk) - Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Center for Laboratory Control of Infectious Diseases Division of Viral Diseases
김소연(Kim So-Yeon) - National Medical Center Department of Laboratory Medicine
진범식(Chin Bum-Sik) - National Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine

Abstract

As of February 2020, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak started in China in December 2019 has been spreading in many countries in the world. With the numbers of confirmed cases are increasing, information on the epidemiologic investigation and clinical manifestation have been accumulated. However, data on viral load kinetics in confirmed cases are lacking. Here, we present the viral load kinetics of the first two confirmed patients with mild to moderate illnesses in Korea in whom distinct viral load kinetics are shown. This report suggests that viral load kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 may be different from that of previously reported other coronavirus infections such as SARS-CoV.