Volume 32, Number 1—January 2026
Research
Enhanced Isolation and Detection of COVID-19 in Hospitalized Patients Undergoing Antiviral Therapy
Ranawaka A.P.M. Perera
, Andrew Marques, Jevon Graham-Wooten, Li Hui Tan, Noam Cohen, Kyle Rodino, Ronald G. Collman, Frederic D. Bushman, and Susan R. Weiss
, Andrew Marques, Jevon Graham-Wooten, Li Hui Tan, Noam Cohen, Kyle Rodino, Ronald G. Collman, Frederic D. Bushman, and Susan R. Weiss
Table 1
SARS-CoV-2 strains recovered from PCR positive patients in study on the enhanced isolation and detection of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients undergoing antiviral therapy
| SARS-CoV-2 strain |
PCR positive patients |
|
| Cross-sectional |
Longitudinal |
|
| Wild-type | 5 | 30 |
| Delta | 6 | 0 |
| BA.1 | 12 | 0 |
| BA.2 | 34 | 0 |
| BQ | 25 | 0 |
| BA.5 | 70 | 0 |
| XBB.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Unknown |
0 |
38 |
| Subtotal |
178 |
68 |
| Total | 246 |
|
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