Fig. 2: SARS-CoV-2 viral load is associated with markers of inflammation and disease severity.
From: SARS-CoV-2 viral load is associated with increased disease severity and mortality

a Heat map of Spearman correlation values with bold numbers indicating P < 0.05. Absolute lymphocyte count, c-reactive protein (CRP), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels in hospitalized participants with and without detectable plasma (b), nasopharyngeal (c), and sputum (d) viral loads. NP nasopharyngeal, OP oropharyngeal, VL viral load. P values are from a two-tailed Wilcoxon rank sum test.