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Comment
. 2022 Jun;84(6):834-872.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.02.025. Epub 2022 Feb 26.

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection is associated with high nasopharyngeal viral load

Gian Luca Salvagno  1 , Brandon M Henry  2 , Laura Pighi  1 , Simone De Nitto  1 , Martina Montagnana  3 , Giuseppe Lippi  4
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SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection is associated with high nasopharyngeal viral load

Gian Luca Salvagno et al. J Infect. 2022 Jun.
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Keywords: COVID-19; Infectivity; Omicron; SARS-CoV-2; Viral load.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have no relevant competing interest to disclose in relation to this work.

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Nasopharyngeal viral load measured in subjects infected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) between 3–9 January 2021 (Alpha variant prevalent) and 3–9 January 2022 (Omicron variant prevalent) Ct, cycle threshold.
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