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The Viral Loads of Asymptomatic Coronavirus Carriers Are Surprisingly High, Study Reveals
https://www.sciencealert.com/all-carriers-of-sars-cov-2-have-high-levels-of-the-virus-regardless-of-symptoms/ampAFP
7 AUGUST 2020
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 Thursday.
The paper, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, is an important biological line of evidence in support of the idea that asymptomatic carriers can spread COVID-19.
Until now, experts have relied on inferring asymptomatic spread when people contract the virus without contact with a known carrier.
A team of researchers led by Seungjae Lee at Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine analyzed swabs taken between March 6 and March 26 from 303 people isolated at a center in Cheonan, following an outbreak among a religious group in another city.
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