Nasal nitric oxide is decreased in acute mild COVID-19 and related to viral load

This study included 82 subjects with mild acute airway infection who did not need hospitalization: 43 cases (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-positive for SARS-CoV-2 in routine testing from nasopharynx) and 39 age- ( ±5 years) and gender-matched controls (RT-PCR-negative for SARS-CoV-2). During acute infection, the cases had lower nNO compared to controls (158 [104 –206] vs. 232 [203 –279] nl min −1 ; p

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Source: Journal of Breath Research - July 17, 2022 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Pekka J Tamminen, Dominik M Kerimov, Hanna Viskari, Janne Aittoniemi, Jaana Syrj änen and Lauri Lehtimäki Source Type: research