US study shows decline in viral load of patients with COVID-19 as pandemic progressed

(European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) A US study from the city of Detroit, presented at this week's ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease (ECCMID, online 23-25 September) shows that the initial SARS-CoV-2 viral load in nasopharyngeal samples has been decreasing as the pandemic progressed. The authors also observed that the decline in viral load was associated with a decrease in death rate.
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