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  • We studied the clinical course and virus shedding of all patients referred to Welikanda Hospital, in one month There were 53 positives for COVID-19 by PCR 24 (45%) were male, with an age range of 11-94 years Of these, 41 (77%) were asymptomatic, 9 had cough, 4 had sore throat and six had fever Pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and capillary oxygen were normal in all A proportion of them had poor prognostic factors: asthma (n=4), hypertension (n= 11), age above 60 years (n= 9), and diabetes (n=11) Lymphopenia was seen in 20 and elevated CRP in 14 Viral shedding continued beyond 14 days in several persons and continued in symptomatic patients for a significantly longer time than asymptomatic patients COVID-19 was an asymptomatic or mild illness in this group of people Several of them continued to be RT-PCR positive even after 14 days Such cases are an important source of community spread
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  • Ceylon_Medical_Journal
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  • WHO
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  • Features of COVID-19 patients detected during community screening: A study from a rural hospital in Sri Lanka
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  • #953332
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  • 2020

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