SARS-CoV-2 infection: Initial viral load (iVL) predicts severity of illness/outcome, and declining trend of iVL in hospitalized patients corresponds with slowing of the pandemic. oleh Said El Zein, Omar Chehab, Amjad Kanj, Sandy Akrawe, Samer Alkassis, Tushar Mishra, Maya Shatta, Nivine El-Hor, Hossein Salimnia, Pranatharthi Chandrasekar