Repeated Coronavirus Disease 2019 Molecular Testing: Correlation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Culture With Molecular Assays and Cycle Thresholds.

Victoria GniazdowskiC Paul MorrisShirlee WohlThomas MehokeSrividya RamakrishnanPeter M ThielenHarrison PowellBrendan SmithDerek T ArmstrongMonica HerreraCarolyn ReifsnyderMaria SevdaliKaren C CarrollAndrew S PekoszHeba H Mostafa

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)

Low Ct values in SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic tests were associated with virus growth in cell culture. Symptomatic patients with prolonged viral RNA shedding can also be infectious.

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