Welcome to episode 4 of "Covid-19 Update" recorded May 13th, 2020.
In part 2 we covered an Update on Vitamin D
Mystery Inflammatory Syndrome In Kids And Teens Likely Linked To COVID-19 [R]
Antigen testing is a new category of diagnostic test used for rapid detection of the virus [R]
FDA authorized the first diagnostic test with the option of using home-collected saliva samples for COVID-19 testing [R]
Donà D, Minotti C, Costenaro P, Da Dalt L, Giaquinto C. Fecal-Oral Transmission of SARS-CoV2 In Children: Is It Time To Change Our Approach? Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Apr 16. [R]
Xu Y, Li X, Zhu B, et al. Characteristics of pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection and potential evidence for persistent fecal viral shedding. Nat Med. 2020 Apr;26(4):502-505. [R]
Zhang B, Liu S, Dong Y, et al. Positive rectal swabs in young patients recovered from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). J Infect. 2020 Apr 23. pii: S0163-4453(20)30233-4. [R]
Tang YW, Schmitz JE, Persing DH, Stratton CW. The Laboratory Diagnosis of COVID-19 Infection: Current Issues and Challenges. J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Apr 3. pii: JCM.00512-20. [R]