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A great follow-up study would be to estimate any effects on this from Paxlovid treatment on cutting down the viral load. Naively (from a layperson) it make sen
by fghorow 3y ago
A great follow-up study would be to estimate any effects on this from Paxlovid treatment on cutting down the viral load.
Naively (from a layperson) it make sense that leaving some cells uninfected via a lower load would help ameliorate the problems described in the OP. It is conceivable that even the "rebound" effect from Paxlovid is "simply" an indicator of where in the exponential growth of cell infection the treatment begins. To me, at least, that makes all kinds of mathematical sense.
- Gibbon1 3y agoThis might be what you're looking for > It is notable, then, that all of the strategies effective in reducing the risk of long COVID might affect SARS-CoV-2 viral load during early infection, directly or indirectly. We therefore hypothesize that long COVID can be predicted by the peak and duration of the SARS-CoV-2 viral load—the area under the viral load curve during initial infection. https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/10/10/ofad466/7264811 https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/10/10/ofad466/7264811
- fghorow 3y agoYes indeed. Thanks for the pointer!