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Duration of infectiousness and correlation with RT-PCR cycle threshold values in cases of COVID-19, England, January to May 2020

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 viral load in the upper respiratory tract peaks around symptom onset and infectious virus persists for 10 days in mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease (n = 324 samples analysed). RT-PCR cycle threshold (Ct) values correlate strongly with cultivable vir...

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Autores principales: Singanayagam, Anika, Patel, Monika, Charlett, Andre, Lopez Bernal, Jamie, Saliba, Vanessa, Ellis, Joanna, Ladhani, Shamez, Zambon, Maria, Gopal, Robin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7427302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32794447
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.32.2001483