Mild and Asymptomatic Coronavirus Disease in Children, Adolescents, and Household Contacts and Prolonged Viral Excretion

Table 5

Correlation between the presence of symptoms and SARS-CoV-2 viral load in 116 children and adolescents.

Symptom status	Mean VL (copies/μL)	Median (copies/μL)	SD	Q1	Q3	n	CI (copies/μL)	value
Asymptomatic	113173	424	341835	175	2857	11	202008	0.774
Symptomatic	93855	326	366578	98	19037	105	70116

Mann–Whitney U-test. CI, confidence interval; IQR, interquartile range; Q1, first quartile; Q3, third quartile; SD, standard deviation; VL, viral load.