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. 2021 Oct;83(4):e1-e3.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.08.027. Epub 2021 Aug 19.

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  1 , Héloise Delagrèverie  2 , Benoit Visseaux  3 , Sidonie Lambert-Niclot  4 , Ségolène Brichler  2 , Valentine Ferre  3 , Stéphane Marot  5 , Aude Jary  5 , Eve Todesco  5 , Aurélie Schnuriger  6 , Emna Ghidaoui  5 , Basma Abdi  5 , Sepideh Akhavan  5 , Nadhira Houhou-Fidouh  3 , Charlotte Charpentier  3 , Laurence Morand-Joubert  4 , David Boutolleau  5 , Diane Descamps  3 , Vincent Calvez  5 , Anne Geneviève Marcelin  5 , Cathia Soulie  5
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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 et al. J Infect. 2021 Oct.
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Keywords: Alpha; Beta; Delta; SARS-CoV-2; Variants; Viral load.

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Delta variant, similarly to the Alpha variant, is associated with a higher viral load than Beta and historical SARS-CoV-2 variants. The graph presents the median and the quartiles of the relative VL in log10 copies/ml of the four groups for the ORF1ab gene (A) and for the N gene (B). The median of the relative VL was higher for the Delta than the Beta and the historical SARS-CoV-2 variants. *p <0.05, ***p <0.001, ****p <0.0001.
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