The relationship between COVID‐19 viral load and disease severity: A systematic review

Omid Dadras , Amir Afsahi , Zahra Pashaei , Hengameh Mojdeganlou , Amirali Karimi , Pedram Habibi , Alireza Barzegary , Amirata Fakhfouri , Pegah Mirzapour , Nazanin Janfaza , Soheil Dehghani , Fatemeh Afroughi , Mohsen Dashti , Sepideh Khodaei , Esmaeil Mehraeen , Fabricio Voltarelli , Jean-Marc Sabatier (1) , Seyedahmad Seyedalinaghi

1 INP - Institut de neurophysiopathologie

Patients with COVID-19 may present different viral loads levels. However, the relationship between viral load and disease severity in COVID-19 is still unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to systematically review the association between SARS-CoV-2 viral load and COVID-19 severity.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; prognosis; severity; viral load

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Santé publique et épidémiologie

Omid Dadras, Amir Afsahi, Zahra Pashaei, Hengameh Mojdeganlou, Amirali Karimi, et al.. The relationship between COVID‐19 viral load and disease severity: A systematic review. Immunity, Inflammation and Disease, 2022, 10 (3), pp.e580. ⟨10.1002/iid3.580⟩. ⟨hal-03595829⟩