Age and Sex Modulate SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load Kinetics: A Longitudinal Analysis of 1735 Subjects
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Selection of the Cohort
2.2. Molecular Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2
2.3. Identification of SARS-CoV-2 VOCs
2.4. Assessment of Viral Subgenomic-mRNA
2.5. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Comparison of OSs and αV Carrier Individuals
3.2. Analysis of OSs Carriers Group
3.3. Analysis of the αV Carriers Group
3.4. Analysis of δV Carrier
3.5. Detection of sg-RNA
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Caputo, V.; Termine, A.; Fabrizio, C.; Calvino, G.; Luzzi, L.; Fusco, C.; Ingrascì, A.; Peconi, C.; D'Alessio, R.; Mihali, S.; et al. Age and Sex Modulate SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load Kinetics: A Longitudinal Analysis of 1735 Subjects. J. Pers. Med. 2021, 11, 882. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm11090882
Caputo V, Termine A, Fabrizio C, Calvino G, Luzzi L, Fusco C, Ingrascì A, Peconi C, D'Alessio R, Mihali S, et al. Age and Sex Modulate SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load Kinetics: A Longitudinal Analysis of 1735 Subjects. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 2021; 11(9):882. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm11090882
Chicago/Turabian StyleCaputo, Valerio, Andrea Termine, Carlo Fabrizio, Giulia Calvino, Laura Luzzi, Claudia Fusco, Arcangela Ingrascì, Cristina Peconi, Rebecca D'Alessio, Serena Mihali, and et al. 2021. "Age and Sex Modulate SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load Kinetics: A Longitudinal Analysis of 1735 Subjects" Journal of Personalized Medicine 11, no. 9: 882. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm11090882