Fig. 3.

Viral burden in the upper respiratory tract and gut are non-correlated (n = 45). (A) URT and (B) Faecal viral load were quantified by PCR targeting SARS-CoV-2 E gene. Viral load trajectories are plotted over 28 days. (C) Viral load between the URT sample timepoints versus faecal viral load at day 7 and (D) Day 28. (E) Peak symptom associated severity score (SASS) versus peak GI symptom score (GISS). (F) Correlation heatmap between URT viral loads, faecal viral loads, peak SASS, peak GISS and D28 serum DABA. Correlation measured by Kendall rank correlation coefficient, tau. Correlations that are statistically different than zero (p < 0.05) are marked with an asterisk (*).