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SARS-CoV-2 viral load as a predictor for disease severity in outpatients and hospitalised patients with COVID-19: A prospective cohort study

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2021

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Fredrikke Christie Knudtzen, Thøger Gorm Jensen, Susan Olaf Lindvig, Line Dahlerup Rasmussen, Lone Wulff Madsen, Silje Vermedal Hoegh, Malene Bek-Thomsen, Christian B. Laursen, Stig Lønberg Nielsen, Işık Somuncu Johansen
PLoS ONE

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 PCR Cq-values in outpatients correlated with time after symptom onset, but was not a predictor of hospitalisation. However, in hospitalised patients lower Cq-values were associated with higher risk of severe disease.

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