Lower nasopharyngeal viral load during the latest phase of COVID-19 pandemic in a Northern Italy University Hospital.

Nicola ClementiRoberto FerrareseMarco TonelliVirginia AmatoSara RaccaMassimo LocatelliGiuseppe LippiGuido SilvestriMassimo ClementiNicasio Mancini

Published in: Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine (2020)

This pilot study prompts further investigation on the correlation between SARS-CoV-2 load and different clinical manifestation of COVID-19 during different phases of the pandemic. Laboratories should consider reporting quantitative viral load data in the molecular diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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