Table 5.
Quantification cycle (Cq) values in symptomatic and asymptomatic infected staff and residents of long-term care facilities.
| Symptomatic | Mean (SD) | Positive samples* | Difference between means of Cq (95% CI) |
p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Yes | 28.11 (5.54) | 46 |
− 1.85 (− 4.87 to 1.17) |
0.225 |
| No | 29.96 (5.15) | 18 | |||
| Residents | Yes | 24.96 (5.87) | 164 |
− 3.19 (− 5.82 to − 0.56) |
0.018 |
| No | 28.15 (5.84) | 22 | |||
| All persons | Yes | 25.65 (5.93) | 210 |
− 3.35 (− 5.34 to − 1.35) |
0.001 |
| No | 29.00 (5.50) | 40 |
*In 6 samples positive for GII norovirus, the Cq value could not be determined.