Category: Viral Load

The Impact of Viral Load on the Severity and Outcome Among Patients With COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Fatma M. Shire • Shatha Sharbatti • Firas AlNajjar et. al.Published: July 09, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.64137  Abstract Objectives This study aimed to assess the relationship between illness severity and mortality among COVID-19 patients along with the cycle threshold (Ct) value measured by viral load. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted based on records of the emergency room at Rashid Hospital located in Dubai, […]

COVID Severity Not Affected By Viral Load Upon First Infection: Study

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TUESDAY, JUN 11, 2024 – Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times  The viral load or quantity of SARS-CoV-2 in the nasal cavity does not predict disease severity, according to a recent JAMA Network Open study. “We observed considerable variability in VL (viral load) at diagnosis,” the authors wrote. “Intriguingly, we did not find an association between […]

Association of Initial Viral Load in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Patients with Outcome and Symptoms

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Kimon V. Argyropoulos,∗ Antonio Serrano,∗ Jiyuan Hu,† et. al., Am J Pathol. 2020 Sep; 190(9): 1881–1887. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2020.07.001PMCID: PMC7332909PMID: 32628931 Abstract The dynamics of viral load (VL) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and its association with different clinical parameters remain poorly characterized in the US patient population. Herein, we investigate associations between VL and parameters, such as severity of […]