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Duration of virus persistence was estimated with parametric regression models based on weibull, log-normal, log-logistic, gamma and generalized gamma distributions. Factors associated with prolonged viral persistence were analysed with the best-fitting model.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Fifty-one SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals with repeat rRT-PCR test were identified with 44 asymptomatics. The asymptomatic individuals had median virus persistence duration of 8.87\u2009days (95% CI: 7.65\u201310.27) and 95 percentile duration of 20.70\u2009days (95% CI: 16.08\u201328.20). The overall median virus persistence including both symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals was found to be 9.18\u2009days (95% CI: 8.04\u201310.48). Around one-fourth asymptomatics (10\/44) demonstrated SARS-CoV-2 persistence beyond 2\u2009weeks. Age &amp;lt;60\u2009years and local transmission were found to be significantly associated with longer virus persistence among asymptomatic individuals on univariate regression but not in multivariate analysis.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Recommended home isolation duration for SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals in India should be extended from 17\u2009days to at least 3 weeks. Prolonged persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in a considerable proportion of asymptomatic individuals merits attention with regard to ensuring universal infection prevention precautions irrespective of symptomatic status.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/qjmed\/hcaa212","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,23]],"date-time":"2020-06-23T11:22:03Z","timestamp":1592911323000},"page":"556-560","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Prolonged persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the upper respiratory tract of asymptomatic infected individuals"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"113","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2281-6783","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"S","family":"Saurabh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur 342005, 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