Clinical characteristics and viral load dynamics of COVID-19 in a mildly or moderately symptomatic outpatient sample.

<h4>Background</h4>Studies of outpatients with mild or moderate COVID-19 are uncommon. We studied: 1) association of symptoms with reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results; and 2) association of initial RT-PCR cycle threshold (Ct) in relation to duration of R...

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Main Authors: Amanda Caplan, Kelly W Bates, Carla Brioni, Aileen Santos, Linda M Sabatini, Karen L Kaul, Mercedes R Carnethon, Janardan D Khandekar, Philip Greenland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258970