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letter . 2020 Aug 8:ciaa1172. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1172
Alveolar SARS-CoV-2 viral load is tightly correlated with severity in COVID-19 ARDS
Mathieu Blot
1,✉, Marine Jacquier
2, Catherine Manoha
3, Lionel Piroth
1, Pierre-Emmanuel Charles
2; Pneumochondrie study group
Mathieu Blot, MD, PhD
1
Infectious Diseases Department, Dijon Bourgogne University Hospital, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, LNC UMR1231, F-21000, Dijon, France ; INSERM, LNC UMR 1231, F-21000, Dijon, France ; FCS Bourgogne-Franche Comté, LipSTIC LabEx, F-21000, Dijon, France
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Marine Jacquier, MSC
2
Department of Intensive Care, Dijon Bourgogne University Hospital, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, LNC UMR1231, F-21000, Dijon, France ; INSERM, LNC UMR 1231, F-21000, Dijon, France ; FCS Bourgogne-Franche Comté, LipSTIC LabEx, F-21000, Dijon, France
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Catherine Manoha, PhD
3
Laboratory of virology, Dijon Bourgogne University Hospital, Dijon, France
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Lionel Piroth, MD, PhD
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Infectious Diseases Department, Dijon Bourgogne University Hospital, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, LNC UMR1231, F-21000, Dijon, France ; INSERM, LNC UMR 1231, F-21000, Dijon, France ; FCS Bourgogne-Franche Comté, LipSTIC LabEx, F-21000, Dijon, France
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Pierre-Emmanuel Charles, MD, PhD
2
Department of Intensive Care, Dijon Bourgogne University Hospital, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, LNC UMR1231, F-21000, Dijon, France ; INSERM, LNC UMR 1231, F-21000, Dijon, France ; FCS Bourgogne-Franche Comté, LipSTIC LabEx, F-21000, Dijon, France
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Infectious Diseases Department, Dijon Bourgogne University Hospital, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, LNC UMR1231, F-21000, Dijon, France ; INSERM, LNC UMR 1231, F-21000, Dijon, France ; FCS Bourgogne-Franche Comté, LipSTIC LabEx, F-21000, Dijon, France
2
Department of Intensive Care, Dijon Bourgogne University Hospital, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, LNC UMR1231, F-21000, Dijon, France ; INSERM, LNC UMR 1231, F-21000, Dijon, France ; FCS Bourgogne-Franche Comté, LipSTIC LabEx, F-21000, Dijon, France
3
Laboratory of virology, Dijon Bourgogne University Hospital, Dijon, France
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Corresponding Author: Dr Mathieu Blot, MD, PhD, Infectious Diseases Department, Dijon Bourgogne University Hospital, 14 rue Paul Gaffarel, 21079 Dijon Cedex, France, Tel 03 80 29 33 05; Fax 03 80 29 36 38, E-mail : mathieu.blot@chu-dijon.fr
Received 2020 Jul 30.
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