Comparison of Real-time RT-PCR cycle threshold (Ct) values with clinical features and severity of COVID-19 disease among hospitalized patients in the first and second waves of COVID-19 pandemic in Chennai, India

Comparison of Real-time RT-PCR cycle threshold (Ct) values with clinical features and severity of COVID-19 disease among hospitalized patients in the first and second waves of COVID-19 pandemic in Chennai, India

Introduction: Real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) of nasopharyngeal/ oropharyngeal swab has been the gold standard test for detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection The relationship between cycle threshold (Ct) values of rRT-PCR and severity of disease remain disputable and...

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Main Authors: Sudhakar Natarajan, Mohan Ranganathan, P L Natarajan, Manohar Nesakumar, S Anbalagan, K Lucia Precilla, H Hemalatha, M Kannan, G Narendran, S Mahalakshmi, Gomathi Karmegam, Lakshmi Prakash, K Narayanasamy, Luke Elizabeth Hanna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-06-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Virology Plus
Subjects:
Ct value
COVID-19
Sars-CoV-2
RT-PCR
COVID-diabetes
Co-morbidity
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667038023000133

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