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Coronavirus: Symptom tracker app analysis finds six distinct types of infection – The Irish Times

Findings could help predict which patients are most at risk and likely to need hospitalisation

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British scientists analysing data from a widely-used coronavirus symptom-tracking app have found there are six distinct types of the disease, each distinguished by a cluster of symptoms.
A Kings College London team found that the six types also correlated with levels of severity of infection, and with the likelihood of a patient needing help with breathing – such as oxygen or ventilator treatment – if they are hospitalised.
The findings could help doctors to predict which Covid-19 patients are…

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