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cord-331002-7uojryqz	Valent, Francesca	Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharynx according to clinical phenotype of affected patients	2020-09-06		.txt	text/plain	784	64	59	METHODS: We analysed real‐time reverse‐transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for SARS-CoV-2 on upper respiratory specimens conducted at the Virology Laboratory of the University Hospital of Udine, Italy, serving the whole province, from March 1 to April 30, 2020, on positive subjects of four groups characterized by different disease severity (critically ill patients admitted to Intensive Care Units, patients admitted to Infectious Disease Units, symptomatic patients visited at the Emergency Department and not hospitalized, and asymptomatic subjects tested during contact tracing or screening activities). Mean time to negativity was longer in the ICU group than in the others, whereas no difference was observed between asymptomatic patients and those with mild disease. The main finding of our study is the long duration of SARS-CoV-2 positivity in a population 133 including patients ranging from asymptomatic to acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring ICU 134 care. SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Upper 236 Respiratory Specimens of Infected Patients	./cache/cord-331002-7uojryqz.txt	./txt/cord-331002-7uojryqz.txt