Article
SARS-CoV-2 RNA viremia is associated with a sepsis-like host response and critical illness in COVID-19
2020-08-31
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background</h4> Severe COVID-19 is characterized by clinical and biological manifestations typically observed in sepsis. SARS-CoV-2 RNA is commonly detected in nasopharyngeal swabs, however viral RNA can be found also in peripheral blood and other tissues. Whether systemic spreading of the virus or viral components plays a role in the pathogenesis of the sepsis-like disease observed in severe COVID-19 is curre...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e189a39d-f00c-5b01-aaf0-4a9a9f7bfe99
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.08.25.20154252
