The Delta SARS-CoV-2 variant has a higher viral load than the Beta and the historical variants in nasopharyngeal samples from newly diagnosed COVID-19 patients
Elisa Teyssou, Héloïse Delagrèverie, Benoît Visseaux, Sidonie Lambert-Niclot, Ségolène Brichler, Valentine Marie Ferré, Stéphane Marot, Aude Jary, Ève Todesco, Aurélie Schnuriger, Emna Ghidaoui, Basma Abdi, Sepideh Akhavan, Nadhira Houhou‐Fidouh, Charlotte Charpentier, Laurence Morand‐Joubert, David Boutolleau, Diane Descamps, Vincent Cálvez, Anne‐Geneviève Marcelin, Cathia Soulié
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Viral loadVirology2019-20 coronavirus outbreakCoronavirusBiologyMedicineVirusDiseasePathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchSARS-CoV-2 detection and testingRespiratory viral infections research