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Editor, Senior Moderator
Clin Infect Dis
. 2020 Aug 25;ciaa1248.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1248. Online ahead of print.
Temporal, Spatial, and Epidemiologic Relationships of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Gene Cycle Thresholds: A Pragmatic Ambi-directional Observation
Emil Lesho[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lisa Reno[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Donna Newhart[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Robert Clifford[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Olga Vasylyeva[SUP] 1 [/SUP], John Hanna[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Stephanie Yu[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Jonathan Bress[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Edward Walsh[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Prospective serial sampling of 70 patients revealed clinically relevant cycle thresholds (Ct) occurring 9, 26, and 36 days after symptom onset. Race, gender, and corticosteroids apparently did not influence RNA positivity. In a retrospective analysis of 180 patients, initial Ct did not correlate with requirements for admission or intensive care.
Keywords: RNA positivity; SARS-CoV-2; corticosteroids; cycle threshold.
. 2020 Aug 25;ciaa1248.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1248. Online ahead of print.
Temporal, Spatial, and Epidemiologic Relationships of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Gene Cycle Thresholds: A Pragmatic Ambi-directional Observation
Emil Lesho[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lisa Reno[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Donna Newhart[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Robert Clifford[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Olga Vasylyeva[SUP] 1 [/SUP], John Hanna[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Stephanie Yu[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Jonathan Bress[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Edward Walsh[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33015715
- DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1248
Abstract
Prospective serial sampling of 70 patients revealed clinically relevant cycle thresholds (Ct) occurring 9, 26, and 36 days after symptom onset. Race, gender, and corticosteroids apparently did not influence RNA positivity. In a retrospective analysis of 180 patients, initial Ct did not correlate with requirements for admission or intensive care.
Keywords: RNA positivity; SARS-CoV-2; corticosteroids; cycle threshold.