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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Autores principales: Nakagawara, Kensuke, Masaki, Katsunori, Uwamino, Yoshifumi, Kabata, Hiroki, Uchida, Sho, Uno, Shunsuke, Asakura, Takanori, Funakoshi, Takeru, Kanzaki, Sho, Ishii, Makoto, Hasegawa, Naoki, Fukunaga, Koichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2020
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7382961/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32726723
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.07.034
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Sumario: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 without OTDs, suggesting an association between OTDs and high viral burden.

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