Impact of Sex on Viral Shedding and Symptom Severity During Acute COVID-19.

Pathog Immun · 2026 · PMC13182785 · PMID 42158038

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Viral decay showed a trend toward faster decline in female compared with male participants, although this difference did not reach statistical significance (median viral decay for females vs males: -0.59 vs -0.42 log 10 /day, P =0.07; Figure 1D ).

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