Zhou B, She J, Wang Y, Ma X, et al. The duration of viral shedding of discharged patients with severe COVID-19. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Apr 17.

The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has drawn global intensive attention1-3. Most of studies paid attention to epidemiological, clinical, and radiological features of inpatients with COVID-191-3. However, little studies have focused on clinical characteristics of discharged patients with severe COVID-19, especially the duration of viral shedding.