Viral load dynamics and disease severity in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Zhejiang province, China, January-March 2020: retrospective cohort study.

Shufa ZhengJian FanFei YuBaihuan FengBin LouQianda ZouGuoliang XieSha LinRuonan WangXianzhi YangWeizhen ChenQi WangDan ZhangYanchao LiuRenjie GongZhaohui MaSiming LuYanyan XiaoYaxi GuJinming ZhangHangping YaoKaijin XuXiaoyang LuGuoqing WeiJianying ZhouQiang FangHongliu CaiYunqing QiuJifang ShengYu ChenJianpeng Sheng

Published in: BMJ (Clinical research ed.) (2020)

The duration of SARS-CoV-2 is significantly longer in stool samples than in respiratory and serum samples, highlighting the need to strengthen the management of stool samples in the prevention and control of the epidemic, and the virus persists longer with higher load and peaks later in the respiratory tissue of patients with severe disease.

Keyphrases

sars cov
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
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south africa
prognostic factors
early onset
patient reported outcomes
coronavirus disease
drug induced