Inoculum at the time of SARS-CoV-2 exposure and risk of disease severity
Entity
UAM. Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública y MicrobiologíaPublisher
ElsevierDate
2020-06-14Citation
10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.035
International Journal of Infectious Diseases 97 (2020): 290-292
ISSN
1201-9712DOI
10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.035Funded by
UNIR Foundation for funding diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 antibody detectionEditor's Version
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.035Subjects
coronavirus; COVID-19; inoculum; outbreak; transmission; epidemiology; disease severity; MedicinaRights
© 2020 The Author(s)Esta obra está bajo una licencia de Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 4.0 Internacional.
Abstract
A relationship between the infecting dose and the risk of disease severity has not been demonstrated for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Here, we report three clusters of individuals that were potentially exposed to distinct inoculum in Madrid. Overall each group developed divergent clinical forms of COVID-19. Our data support that a greater viral inoculum at the time of SARS-CoV-2 exposure might determine a higher risk of severe COVID-19
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Google Scholar:Guallar Castillón, María Pilar
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Meiriño, Rosa
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Donat-Vargas, Carolina
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Corral, Octavio
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Jouvé, Nicolás
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Soriano, Vicente
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