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. 2020 Sep;8(9):e70.
doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30354-4. Epub 2020 Aug 6.

SARS-CoV-2 viral load predicts COVID-19 mortality

Elisabet Pujadas  1 , Fayzan Chaudhry  1 , Russell McBride  1 , Felix Richter  1 , Shan Zhao  1 , Ania Wajnberg  1 , Girish Nadkarni  1 , Benjamin S Glicksberg  1 , Jane Houldsworth  1 , Carlos Cordon-Cardo  2
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SARS-CoV-2 viral load predicts COVID-19 mortality

Elisabet Pujadas et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Sep.
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