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

Fredrikke Christie KnudtzenThøger Gorm JensenSusan Olaf LindvigLine Dahlerup RasmussenLone Wulff MadsenSilje Vermedal HoeghMalene Bek-ThomsenChristian B LaursenStig Lønberg NielsenIsik Somuncu Johansen

Published in: PloS one (2021)

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.

Keyphrases

sars cov
end stage renal disease
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
early onset