We apologize for the clinical jargon which is lost on many of us that don't need to use such 'shop talk'. It's our hope that better mass communicators will publish an accurate rewrite of these facts in a manner that the broader public can gain better insights and comprehension from.
Viral dynamics in mild and severe cases of COVID-19
Yang Liu - Li-Meng Yan - Lagen Wan - Tian-Xin Xiang - Aiping Le - Jia-Ming Liu Published:March 19, 2020 PDF [306 KB] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30232-2
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new pandemic disease. We previously reported that the viral load of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) peaks within the first week of disease onset.1, 2 Findings from Feb, 2020, indicated that the clinical spectrum of this disease can be very heterogeneous.3 Here, we report the viral RNA shedding patterns observed in patients with mild and severe COVID-19.
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