Low SARS-CoV-2 Cq values in healthcare workers with symptomatic COVID-19 infections, regardless of symptom severity, The Netherlands, January to August 2022

We analysed SARS-CoV-2 PCR Cq values from 3,183 healthcare workers who tested positive between January and August 2022. Median Cq values were lower in symptomatic than in asymptomatic HCW. The difference in Cq values between HCW with mild vs moderate/severe symptoms was statistically significant but...

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Autores principales: van Rossum, Carsten, Meijer, Corianne, van Weerdenburg, Ingrid JM, Bowles, Edmée C, Rovers, Chantal P, ten Oever, Jaap, Stol, Kim, van der Geest, Nannet DJ, McCall, Matthew B, Tostmann, Alma
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Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2023
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9881181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36700867
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.4.2300007
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author van Rossum, Carsten
Meijer, Corianne
van Weerdenburg, Ingrid JM
Bowles, Edmée C
Rovers, Chantal P
ten Oever, Jaap
Stol, Kim
van der Geest, Nannet DJ
McCall, Matthew B
Tostmann, Alma
author_facet van Rossum, Carsten
Meijer, Corianne
van Weerdenburg, Ingrid JM
Bowles, Edmée C
Rovers, Chantal P
ten Oever, Jaap
Stol, Kim
van der Geest, Nannet DJ
McCall, Matthew B
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description We analysed SARS-CoV-2 PCR Cq values from 3,183 healthcare workers who tested positive between January and August 2022. Median Cq values were lower in symptomatic than in asymptomatic HCW. The difference in Cq values between HCW with mild vs moderate/severe symptoms was statistically significant but negligibly small. To prevent nosocomial infections, all symptomatic HCW should be tested irrespective of symptom severity. This information can support decisions on testing and isolation, in the context of ongoing pressure on healthcare systems.
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spelling pubmed-98811812023-02-08 Low SARS-CoV-2 Cq values in healthcare workers with symptomatic COVID-19 infections, regardless of symptom severity, The Netherlands, January to August 2022 van Rossum, Carsten Meijer, Corianne van Weerdenburg, Ingrid JM Bowles, Edmée C Rovers, Chantal P ten Oever, Jaap Stol, Kim van der Geest, Nannet DJ McCall, Matthew B Tostmann, Alma Euro Surveill Rapid Communication We analysed SARS-CoV-2 PCR Cq values from 3,183 healthcare workers who tested positive between January and August 2022. Median Cq values were lower in symptomatic than in asymptomatic HCW. The difference in Cq values between HCW with mild vs moderate/severe symptoms was statistically significant but negligibly small. To prevent nosocomial infections, all symptomatic HCW should be tested irrespective of symptom severity. This information can support decisions on testing and isolation, in the context of ongoing pressure on healthcare systems. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2023-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9881181/ /pubmed/36700867 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.4.2300007 Text en This article is copyright of the authors or their affiliated institutions, 2023. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
spellingShingle Rapid Communication
van Rossum, Carsten
Meijer, Corianne
van Weerdenburg, Ingrid JM
Bowles, Edmée C
Rovers, Chantal P
ten Oever, Jaap
Stol, Kim
van der Geest, Nannet DJ
McCall, Matthew B
Tostmann, Alma
Low SARS-CoV-2 Cq values in healthcare workers with symptomatic COVID-19 infections, regardless of symptom severity, The Netherlands, January to August 2022
title Low SARS-CoV-2 Cq values in healthcare workers with symptomatic COVID-19 infections, regardless of symptom severity, The Netherlands, January to August 2022
title_full Low SARS-CoV-2 Cq values in healthcare workers with symptomatic COVID-19 infections, regardless of symptom severity, The Netherlands, January to August 2022
title_fullStr Low SARS-CoV-2 Cq values in healthcare workers with symptomatic COVID-19 infections, regardless of symptom severity, The Netherlands, January to August 2022
title_full_unstemmed Low SARS-CoV-2 Cq values in healthcare workers with symptomatic COVID-19 infections, regardless of symptom severity, The Netherlands, January to August 2022
title_short Low SARS-CoV-2 Cq values in healthcare workers with symptomatic COVID-19 infections, regardless of symptom severity, The Netherlands, January to August 2022
title_sort low sars-cov-2 cq values in healthcare workers with symptomatic covid-19 infections, regardless of symptom severity, the netherlands, january to august 2022
topic Rapid Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9881181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36700867
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.4.2300007
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