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. 2022 Nov;85(5):573-607.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.08.028. Epub 2022 Aug 28.

Comparison of the amount of SARS-CoV-2 exhaled by Delta and Omicron patients

Liu Lina  1 , Guo Zhendong  2 , Stephen Sevalie  3 , Zhang Fangfang  4 , Zhang Dawei  5 , Chen Weiwei  6 , Li Xiao  7 , Zhao Zongzheng  8
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Comparison of the amount of SARS-CoV-2 exhaled by Delta and Omicron patients

Liu Lina et al. J Infect. 2022 Nov.
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Keywords: Delta and Omicron; Exhaled breath; SARS-CoV-2; Viral load.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no competing interests.

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Viral load of exhaled breath and nasopharyngeal swabs from COVID-19 patients with Delta or Omicron. (A) Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 exhaled by Delta and Omicron variant patients. (B) The average breath emission rate of patients with Delta or Omicron after the first week of hospitalization. (C) Comparison of nasopharyngeal viral load of patients with Delta and Omicron. (D) Variation trends of viral load in nasopharyngeal swabs and exhaled breath from patients with Delta or Omicron. Statistical analysis was performed using GraphPad Prism software (San Diego, CA, United States). The error bars indicate the standard deviation. Statistical significance was calculated by Student's t-test. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.
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