ASSOCIATION OF INITIAL VIRAL LOAD IN SARS-CoV-2 PATIENTS WITH OUTCOME AND SYMPTOMS.

The dynamics of viral load (VL) of the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and its association with different clinical parameters remain poorly characterized in the United States patient population. Herein we investigate associations between VL and parameters such as severity of symptoms, disposition (admission vs direct discharge), length of hospitalization, and admission to the intensive care unit, length of need for oxygen support and overall survival in a cohort of 205 patients from a tertiary care center in New York City.

Source: American Journal of Pathology - July 6, 2020 Category: Pathology Authors: Kimon V. Argyropoulos, Antonio Serrano, Jiyuan Hu, Margaret Black, Xiaojun Feng, Guomiao Shen, Melissa Call, Min Jae Kim, Andrew Lytle, Brendan Belovarac, Theodore Vougiouklakis, Lawrence Hsu Lin, Una Moran, Adriana Heguy, Andrea Troxel, Matija Snuderl, I Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research