Isolation of 4000 SARS-CoV-2 shows that contagiousness is associated with viral load, not vaccine or symptomatic status

Culture inoculation of 6722 nasopharyngeal samples since February 2020 allowed isolation of 3637 SARS-CoV-2 and confirmed that isolation rate is correlated to viral load, regardless symptomatology or vaccination status. Moreover, the delta variant is associated with higher viral loads and therefore higher rates of viral isolation, explaining its greater contagiousness..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Emerging Microbes and Infections - 10(2021), 1, Seite 2276-2278

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Celine Boschi [VerfasserIn]
Sarah Aherfi [VerfasserIn]
Linda Houhamdi [VerfasserIn]
Philippe Colson [VerfasserIn]
Didier Raoult [VerfasserIn]
Bernard La Scola [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Culture
Delta variant
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2
Symptomatology
Vaccination

doi:

10.1080/22221751.2021.2008776

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ017967864