Comparison of anterior nares CT values in asymptomatic and symptomatic individuals diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 in a university screening program.

At our university based high throughput screening program, we test all members of our community weekly using RT-qPCR. RT-qPCR cycle threshold (CT) values are inversely proportional to the amount of viral RNA in a sample and are a proxy for viral load. We hypothesized that CT values would be higher,...

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Main Authors: Samantha M Hall, Lena Landaverde, Christopher J Gill, Grace M Yee, Madison Sullivan, Lynn Doucette-Stamm, Hannah Landsberg, Judy T Platt, Laura White, Davidson H Hamer, Catherine M Klapperich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270694