The relationship between COVID‐19 viral load and disease severity: A systematic review

authors

• Dadras Omid
• Afsahi Amir
• Pashaei Zahra
• Mojdeganlou Hengameh
• Karimi Amirali
• Habibi Pedram
• Barzegary Alireza
• Fakhfouri Amirata
• Mirzapour Pegah
• Janfaza Nazanin
• Dehghani Soheil
• Afroughi Fatemeh
• Dashti Mohsen
• Khodaei Sepideh
• Mehraeen Esmaeil
• Voltarelli Fabricio
• Sabatier Jean-Marc
• Seyedalinaghi Seyedahmad

keywords

• COVID-19
• SARS-CoV-2
• Prognosis
• Severity
• Viral load

abstract

Patients with COVID-19 may present different viral loads levels. However, the relationship between viral load and disease severity in COVID-19 is still unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to systematically review the association between SARS-CoV-2 viral load and COVID-19 severity.

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