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. 2021 Mar;82(3):e38-e41.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.11.024. Epub 2020 Nov 26.

SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia is associated with severe chronic underlying diseases but not with nasopharyngeal viral load

Judith Berastegui-Cabrera  1 , Sonsoles Salto-Alejandre  1 , Maricela Valerio  2 , Patricia Pérez-Palacios  3 , Francisco Arnaiz-De Las Revillas  4 , Gabriela Abelenda-Alonso  5 , José Antonio Oteo-Revuelta  6 , Marta Carretero-Ledesma  1 , Patricia Muñoz  7 , Álvaro Pascual  8 , Mónica Gozalo  9 , Alexander Rombauts  5 , Jorge Alba  6 , Emilio García-Díaz  10 , María Luisa Rodríguez-Ferrero  2 , Adoración Valiente  3 , María Carmen Fariñas  4 , Jordi Carratalà  5 , Sonia Santibáñez  6 , Pedro Camacho-Martínez  11 , Jerónimo Pachón  12 , José Miguel Cisneros  1 , Elisa Cordero  13 , Javier Sánchez-Céspedes  14
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SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia is associated with severe chronic underlying diseases but not with nasopharyngeal viral load

Judith Berastegui-Cabrera et al. J Infect. 2021 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Disease severity; Prognosis; RNAemia; SARS-CoV-2.

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Declaration of Competing Interest None of the study authors have conflicts of interest to declare.

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