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

Celine Boschi (1, 2) , Sarah Aherfi (1, 2) , Linda Houhamdi (2) , Philippe Colson (1, 2) , Didier Raoult (1, 2) , Bernard La Scola (1, 2)

1 MEPHI - Microbes évolution phylogénie et infections
2 IHU Marseille - Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection

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Celine Boschi, Sarah Aherfi, Linda Houhamdi, Philippe Colson, Didier Raoult, et al.. Isolation of 4000 SARS-CoV-2 shows that contagiousness is associated with viral load, not vaccine or symptomatic status. Emerging microbes & infections, 2021, 10 (1), pp.2276-2278. ⟨10.1080/22221751.2021.2008776⟩. ⟨hal-03662553⟩