Acute onset olfactory/taste disorders are associated with a high viral burden in mild or asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections

Acute onset olfactory/taste disorders are associated with a high viral burden in mild or asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections

This study investigated, using cycle threshold (Ct) qPCR values, the association between symptoms and viral clearance in 57 patients with asymptomatic/mild SARS-CoV-2 infection. Patients with olfactory/taste disorders (OTDs) exhibited lower qPCR Ct values and longer time to negative qPCR than those...

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Main Authors: Kensuke Nakagawara, Katsunori Masaki, Yoshifumi Uwamino, Hiroki Kabata, Sho Uchida, Shunsuke Uno, Takanori Asakura, Takeru Funakoshi, Sho Kanzaki, Makoto Ishii, Naoki Hasegawa, Koichi Fukunaga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Olfactory/taste disorders (OTDs)
Real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR)
Cycle threshold (Ct) values
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220305786

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