Viral Load Kinetics of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Hospitalized Individuals With Coronavirus Disease 2019

James Regan, James P. Flynn, Alexandra Rosenthal, Hannah Jordan, Yijia Li, Rida Chishti, Françoise Giguel, Heather Corry, Kendyll Coxen, Jesse Fajnzylber,

Open Forum Infectious Diseases · 2021 · 23 citations · 11 references

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) kinetics remain understudied, including the impact of remdesivir. In hospitalized individuals, peak sputum viral load occurred in week 2 of symptoms, whereas viremia peaked within 1 week of symptom-onset, suggesting early systemic seeding of SARS-CoV-2. Remdesivir treatment was associated with faster viral decay.

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