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SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Upper Respiratory Specimens of Infected Patients

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

2020New England Journal of Medicine5,200 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Upper Respiratory Specimens The authors report results of an analysis of nasal and throat swabs from 17 patients in Zhuhai, China, who had received a diagnosis of Covid-19....

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ThroatSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Respiratory systemViral loadCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Medicine2019-20 coronavirus outbreakVirologySars virusVirusInternal medicineSurgeryInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakDiseaseSARS-CoV-2 detection and testingRespiratory viral infections researchCOVID-19 diagnosis using AI