The New Normal: Delayed Peak SARS-CoV-2 Viral Loads Relative to Symptom Onset and Implications for COVID-19 Testing Programs.

Jennifer K FredianiRichard ParsonsKaleb B McLendonAdrianna L WestbrookWilbur LamGreg MartinNira R Pollock

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)

In a highly immune adult population, median SARS-CoV-2 viral loads peaked around the fourth day of symptoms. Influenza A viral loads peaked soon after symptom onset. These findings have implications for ongoing use of Ag RDTs for COVID-19 and influenza.

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