Transmissibility of COVID-19 depends on the viral load around onset in adult and symptomatic patients.

Hitoshi KawasujiYusuke TakegoshiMakito KanedaAkitoshi UenoYuki MiyajimaKoyomi KawagoYasutaka FukuiYoshihiro YoshidaMiyuki KimuraHiroshi YamadaIppei SakamakiHideki TaniYoshitomo MorinagaYoshihiro Yamamoto

Published in: PloS one (2020)

High nasopharyngeal viral loads around onset may contribute to secondary transmission of COVID-19. Viral load may help provide a better understanding of why transmission is observed in some instances, but not in others, especially among household contacts.

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