Characteristics of nursing home residents and healthcare personnel with repeated severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) tests positive ≥90 days after initial infection: Four US jurisdictions, July 2020-March 2021.
W Wyatt WilsonKelly M HatfieldStacy TresslerCara Bicking KinseyGemma ParraRenée ZellAnitra DensonChannyn WilliamsKevin Bryant SpicerIshrat Kamal-AhmedBaha AbdalhamidMahlet GemechuJennifer FolsterNatalie J ThornburgAzaibi TaminJennifer L HarcourtKrista QueenSuxiang TongJohn A JerniganMatthew B CristKiran M PerkinsSujan C Reddynull nullPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2022)
One in six nursing home residents and staff with positive SARS-CoV-2 tests ≥90 days after initial infection had specimen cycle thresholds (Ct) <30. Individuals with specimen Ct<30 were more likely to report symptoms but were not different from individuals with high Ct value specimens by other clinical and testing data.