Any information about duration of SARS Co-V2 virus in viable/infective form within human body before the immune system clears it ?
i.e. the virus may remain within the human body for a considerable time period but how long it can retain its infectivity before it is completely eliminated ?
It depends on the immunity of the body so it depends on the risk factors such as age, sex, chronic diseases... as studies have described the correlation between reduced infectivity with the decrease in viral loads and a rise in neutralizing antibodies. Although viral RNA can be detected by PCR even after the resolution of symptoms, the amount of detected viral RNA is substantially reduced over time and generally below the threshold where the replication-competent virus can be isolated.
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