Extended Data Fig. 3: Infectious viral loads by sex.

Comparison of infectious viral shedding measured in female and male patients. Error bars indicate mean ± SD. Two-tailed t-test was used to determine differences of means. ns= nonsignificant. Each graph contains following number of patients: 24 female and 38 male (A), 26 female and 30 male (B), 35 female and 28 male (C), 30 female and 34 male (D), 23 female and 30 male (E), 30 female and 21 male (F), 26 female and 27 male (G), 22 female and 16 male (H).