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https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1....20.20157792v1
" Conclusions In a large cohort of individuals screened for SARS-CoV-2 by qRT-PCR, we found strikingly similar distributions of viral load in patients with or without symptoms at the time of testing during the local peak of the epidemic"
Eric Feigl-Ding Retweeted
Dr. Ali Nouri
@AliNouriPhD
REPORT: those without symptoms at time of test have similar viral load to those w/symptoms
helps explain why ~1/2 of infections come from asymptomatics
highlights why temp checks are insufficent Also, just 8-9% of infected harbor 90% of total viral load—superspreaders
1/2...
https://twitter.com/AliNouriPhD/stat...82332467535877
Dr. Ali Nouri
@AliNouriPhD
2h
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@AliNouriPhD
...whereas the bottom half of individuals with the lowest viral load only carried 0.01% of the population's total viral load. So there is lots of heterogeneity in both symptomatics and asymptomatics 2/2
" Conclusions In a large cohort of individuals screened for SARS-CoV-2 by qRT-PCR, we found strikingly similar distributions of viral load in patients with or without symptoms at the time of testing during the local peak of the epidemic"
Eric Feigl-Ding Retweeted
Dr. Ali Nouri
@AliNouriPhD
REPORT: those without symptoms at time of test have similar viral load to those w/symptoms
helps explain why ~1/2 of infections come from asymptomatics
highlights why temp checks are insufficent Also, just 8-9% of infected harbor 90% of total viral load—superspreaders
1/2...
https://twitter.com/AliNouriPhD/stat...82332467535877
Dr. Ali Nouri
@AliNouriPhD
2h
Replying to
@AliNouriPhD
...whereas the bottom half of individuals with the lowest viral load only carried 0.01% of the population's total viral load. So there is lots of heterogeneity in both symptomatics and asymptomatics 2/2
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