Epidemiological Correlates of Polymerase Chain Reaction Cycle Threshold Values in the Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
Phillip P SalvatorePatrick DawsonAshutosh WadhwaElizabeth M RaboldSean BuonoElizabeth A DietrichHannah E ResesJeni VuongLucia PawloskiTrivikram DasuSanjib BhattacharyyaEric PevznerAron J HallJacqueline E TateHannah L KirkingPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
These results emphasize the importance of early testing for SARS-CoV-2 among individuals with symptoms of respiratory illness, and allow cases to be identified and isolated when their viral shedding may be highest.