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Comment
. 2020 Jun 1;201(11):1435-1438.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202003-0572LE.

SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Clinical Samples from Critically Ill Patients

Yongbo Huang  1   2   3 , Sibei Chen  1   2   3 , Zifeng Yang  1   2   3 , Wenda Guan  1   2   3 , Dongdong Liu  1   2   3 , Zhimin Lin  1   2   3 , Yu Zhang  1   2   3 , Zhiheng Xu  1   2   3 , Xiaoqing Liu  1   2   3 , Yimin Li  1   2   3
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SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Clinical Samples from Critically Ill Patients

Yongbo Huang et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Viral load detected in respiratory specimens obtained from critically ill patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). (A) Aggregated cycle threshold (Ct) values of the nucleocapsid protein gene of SARS-CoV-2 in serial throat swabs, nasal swabs, and sputum/endotracheal aspirate (ETA) samples from 16 patients, according to days after symptom onset. (B) Box plot of the lowest Ct values in throat swabs, nasal swabs, and sputum/ETA samples during the entire ICU stay among patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Box-and-whiskers plot features are as follows: the central line in the box is the median, the bottom line of the box is the first quartile, and the top line of the box is the third quartile. Bottom of whiskers: maximum Ct value; top of whiskers: minimum Ct value. Groups were compared using the Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn’s multiple comparison test. *P < 0.01.
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  • SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Upper Respiratory Specimens of Infected Patients.
    Zou L, Ruan F, Huang M, Liang L, Huang H, Hong Z, Yu J, Kang M, Song Y, Xia J, Guo Q, Song T, He J, Yen HL, Peiris M, Wu J. Zou L, et al. N Engl J Med. 2020 Mar 19;382(12):1177-1179. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2001737. Epub 2020 Feb 19. N Engl J Med. 2020. PMID: 32074444 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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