Open AccessVirus load and virus shedding of SARS-CoV-2 and their impact on patient outcomes
Author(s) -
Pei-Fen Chen,
Xiaomei Yu,
YiPeng Liu,
Dianxu Ren,
Min Shen,
Bingsheng Huang,
Junling Gao,
Zheng-Yang Huang,
Ming Wu,
Wei-Yan Wang,
Li Chen,
Xia Shi,
Zhaoqing Wang,
Yingxia Liu,
Lei Liu,
Yong Liu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i24.6252
Subject(s) - medicine , virus , virology , covid-19 , viral shedding , viral load , outbreak , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Understanding a virus shedding patterns in body fluids/secretions is important to determine the samples to be used for diagnosis and to formulate infection control measures.