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. 2020 Apr 23;24(1):170.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-02893-8.

SARS-CoV-2 viral load in sputum correlates with risk of COVID-19 progression

Xia Yu  1 , Shanshan Sun  1 , Yu Shi  1 , Hao Wang  1 , Ruihong Zhao  1 , Jifang Sheng  2
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SARS-CoV-2 viral load in sputum correlates with risk of COVID-19 progression

Xia Yu et al. Crit Care. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Disease progression; Disease severity; SARS-CoV-2; Viral load.

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a Comparison of baseline sputum viral load between severe and mild-to-moderate patients at admission or between those becoming severe and those did not during the hospitalization. b Relationship between the estimated probability of disease progression during the hospitalization and baseline sputum viral load. Viral load is indicated by the Ct value of RT-PCR assay. The asterisk indicates a P value < 0.05
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