Affiliations:
Susan A. Dolan, MSN, RN, CIC FAPIC;
Department of Epidemiology,
Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
Jean Mulcahy Levy, MD; Department of Pediatrics (Center for Cancer and
Blood Disorders), University of Colorado School of Medicine and
Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA Morgan Adams Foundation
Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Program, Children’s Hospital Colorado,
Aurora, United States Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado
School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Angela Moss, MS; University of Colorado School of Medicine, Children’s
Hospital Colorado and Adult and Child Center for Health Outcomes
Research and Delivery Science, Aurora, CO, USA
Kelly W. Maloney, MD; Department of Pediatrics (Center for Cancer and
Blood Disorders) and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
Kelly Pearce, BA; Department of Epidemiology, Children’s Hospital
Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
Sarah Jung, PhD; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
Samuel R. Dominguez, MD, PhD; Department of Pediatrics (Infectious
Diseases) University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s
Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
Molly Butler, PhD; Department of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
Eric Mwangi, BS; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
Suchitra Rao, MBBS, MSCS; Department of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases
and Hospital Medicine), University of Colorado School of Medicine and
Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
Short Running Title: SARS-CoV-2 Persistence in
Immunocompromised Children
Keywords: SARS CoV-2, COVID-19, shedding, viral persistence,
immunocompromised, pediatrics
Corresponding Author: Suchitra Rao, MBBS, MSCS, Department of
Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases, Hospital Medicine and Epidemiology),
University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital
Colorado, Box 055, 13123 E. 16th Ave, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; phone:
(720) 777 2823; fax: 720 777 7295 email:
suchitra.rao@childrenscolorado.org.
Funding Source: none
Conflicts of interest: Suchitra Ro All other authors have no conflicts
of interest to disclose.