Asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers have high viral loads: Study

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WASHINGTON: People who are infected with the coronavirus carry similar levels of the pathogen in their nose, throat and lungs whether they have ...

WASHINGTON: People who are infected with the coronavirus carry similar levels of the pathogen in their nose, throat and lungs whether they have symptoms or not, a new study from South Korea showed on Thursday .

A team of researchers led by Seungjae Lee at Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine analyzed swabs taken between Mar 6 and Mar 26 from 303 people isolated at a center in Cheonan, following an outbreak among a religious group in another city. Among those who were initially asymptomatic, 89 never developed symptoms at all - about 30 per cent of the total.READ: Global recovery will come faster if COVID-19 vaccine available to all: WHO chief

All were sampled at regular intervals after day eight of isolation, and the samples returned comparable values of the virus' genetic material from the upper and lower airways.

 

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