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J Korean Med Sci. Viral Load Kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in First Two Patients in Korea

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J Korean Med Sci. 2020 Feb 24;35(7):e86. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2020.35.e86. [h=1]Viral Load Kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in First Two Patients in Korea.[/h]
Kim JY[SUP]#[/SUP][SUP]1[/SUP], Ko JH[SUP]#[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Kim Y[SUP]3[/SUP], Kim YJ[SUP]4[/SUP], Kim JM[SUP]5[/SUP], Chung YS[SUP]5[/SUP], Kim HM[SUP]5[/SUP], Han MG[SUP]5[/SUP], Kim SY[SUP]6[/SUP], Chin BS[SUP]7[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] As of February 2020, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak started in China in December 2019 has been spreading in many countries in the world. With the numbers of confirmed cases are increasing, information on the epidemiologic investigation and clinical manifestation have been accumulated. However, data on viral load kinetics in confirmed cases are lacking. Here, we present the viral load kinetics of the first two confirmed patients with mild to moderate illnesses in Korea in whom distinct viral load kinetics are shown. This report suggests that viral load kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 may be different from that of previously reported other coronavirus infections such as SARS-CoV.
? 2020 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] 2019-nCoV; COVID-19; Coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2; Viral Load Kinetics

PMID: 32080991 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2020.35.e86
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