Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Correlation of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Viral Load with Disease Severity and Prolonged Viral Shedding in Children

Chung-Chen Li¹, Lin Wang¹, Hock-Liew Eng¹, Huey-Ling You, Ling-Sai Chang, Kuo-Shu Tang, Ying-Jui Lin, Hsuan-Chang Kuo, Ing-Kit Lee, Jien-Wei Liu, Eng-Yen Huang, and Kuender D. Yang

Author affiliations: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital–Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung

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Figure 3

A) Percentage of patients with positive reverse transcription–PCR (RT-PCR) results and B) viral load in throat swabs from 60 pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus–infected patients treated with oseltamivir, according to the number of days after the onset of symptoms, Taiwan. Median, quartiles, and range are shown.

Figure 3. A) Percentage of patients with positive reverse transcription–PCR (RT-PCR) results and B) viral load in throat swabs from 60 pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus–infected patients treated with oseltamivir, according to the number of days after the onset of symptoms, Taiwan. Median, quartiles, and range are shown.

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¹These authors contributed equally to this article.

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