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editorial . 2020 May 21:ciaa619. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa619
To Interpret the SARS-CoV-2 Test, Consider the Cycle Threshold Value
Michael R Tom
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Michael R Tom
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Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Michael J Mina
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Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Department of Epidemiology and Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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1
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
2
Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Department of Epidemiology and Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Corresponding Author: Dr. Michael J. Mina, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Kresge Building 506D, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, mmina@hsph.harvard.edu, 518-698-2756
Received 2020 May 5.
Keywords: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, RT-PCR, test, viral shedding
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See "Profile of RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2: A Preliminary Study From 56 COVID-19
Patients" in volume 71 on page 2249.
See commentary "Profile of RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2: A Preliminary Study From 56 COVID-19
Patients" in volume 71 on page 2249.