Viruses, Vol. 13, Pages 2133: Dynamics of Viral Shedding and Symptoms in Patients with Asymptomatic or Mild COVID-19

In conclusion, symptomatic patients have a high infectivity with high symptom scores during the early disease course and gradually lose infectivity depending on the symptom. Conversely, asymptomatic patients exhibit a rapid decrease in viral load with the loss of infectivity, despite a similar viral load during the early disease course.

Source: Viruses - October 22, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Seongman Bae Ji Yeun Kim So Yun Lim Heedo Park Hye Hee Cha Ji-Soo Kwon Mi Hyun Suh Hyun Jung Lee Joon Seo Lim Jiwon Jung Min Jae Kim Yong Pil Chong Sang-Oh Lee Sang-Ho Choi Yang Soo Kim Ho Young Lee Sohyun Lee Man-Seong Park Sung-Han Kim Tags: Article Source Type: research