id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-260310-0gkoanrg Kim, Jin Yong Viral Load Kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in First Two Patients in Korea 2020-02-20 .txt text/plain 2171 118 58 In this patient, the initial test was performed on day 14 of symptom onset and SARS-CoV-2 was detected in both URT and LRT specimens. Although the viral load and CXR findings in these two patients may not represent the whole spectrum of SARS-CoV-2 illness, our report will provide many important findings and opportunity to understand this newly discovered virus infection in human. First, unlike SARS-CoV infection, 8 we found that viral load was highest during the early phase of the illness (3-5 days from first symptom onset, fever and myalgia were the only symptoms in Patient 1) and continued to decrease until the end of the second week. Second, even in a patient with mild disease, if visible infiltration on CXR is observed, virus is still detected in both URT and LRT specimens even at the end of second week after symptom onset. ./cache/cord-260310-0gkoanrg.txt ./txt/cord-260310-0gkoanrg.txt