SARS-CoV-2 viral load in upper respiratory specimens of infected patients

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 382, Issue 12, 2020, Pages 1177-1179

  Zou, Lirong ^a   Ruan, Feng ^b   Huang, Mingxing ^c   Liang, Lijun ^a   Huang, Huitao ^b   Hong, Zhongsi ^c   Yu, Jianxiang ^a   Kang, Min ^a   Song, Yingchao ^a   Xia, Jinyu ^c   Guo, Qianfang ^a   Song, Tie ^a   He, Jianfeng ^a   Yen, Hui Ling ^d   Peiris, Malik ^d   Wu, Jie ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Zhuhai Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c THE FIFTH AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; COVID 19; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; N GENE; NOSE SMEAR; ORF1B GENE; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMONIA; POLYESTER FLOCK SWAB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS 2; SECONDARY INFECTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS LOAD; BETACORONAVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NOSE; PHARYNX; VIROLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 85081279603     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2001737     Document Type: Letter

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