Disease Severity and Prognosis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Hospitalized Patients Is Not Associated With Viral Load in Nasopharyngeal Swab

Disease Severity and Prognosis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Hospitalized Patients Is Not Associated With Viral Load in Nasopharyngeal Swab

Background: The impact of viral burden on severity and prognosis of patients hospitalized for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is still a matter of debate due to controversial results. Herein, we sought to assess viral load in the nasopharyngeal swab and its association with severity score indexe...

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Main Authors: Elisabetta Cocconcelli, Gioele Castelli, Francesco Onelia, Enrico Lavezzo, Chiara Giraudo, Nicol Bernardinello, Giulia Fichera, Davide Leoni, Marco Trevenzoli, Marina Saetta, Annamaria Cattelan, Andrea Crisanti, Paolo Spagnolo, Elisabetta Balestro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
SARS-CoV-2
coronavirus disease 2019
viral load
hospitalized patients
outcome assessment
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.714221/full

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