SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Upper Respiratory Specimens of Infected Patients

The New England Journal of Medicine - SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Upper Respiratory Specimens of Infected Patients

Excerpt - "The viral load that was detected in the asymptomatic patient was similar to that in the symptomatic patients, which suggests the transmission potential of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic patients. These findings are in concordance with reports that transmission may occur early in the course of infection and suggest that case detection and isolation may require strategies different from those required for the control of SARS-CoV. How SARS-CoV-2 viral load correlates with culturable virus needs to be determined."