COVID-19 viral load not associated with disease severity: findings from a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Being able to use COVID-19 RT-PCR Ct values as simple clinical markers of disease outcome or prognosis would allow for the easy and proactive identification and triaging of high-risk cases. This study's objective was thus to explore whether a correlation exists between COVID-19 viral loads, as indicated by RT-PCR Ct values, and disease severity, as indicated by respiratory indices.

Results

A multi-centre cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted, using data obtained from Bahrain's National COVID-19 Task force's centralised database. The study period ranged from May 2, 2020 to July 31, 2020. A multivariable logistic regression was used to assess for a correlation using data from a total of 1057 admitted COVID-19 cases. The covariates adjusted for included s

SUBMITTER: Abdulrahman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8284033 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature