Table 1.
Days after the first positive | Genomes with high quality | Genomes with low quality | p value | ||||
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Number | Average Ct | Stdev | Number | Average Ct | Stdev | ||
11- 20 | 28 | 21.1 | 5.7 | 43 | 31.2 | 2.3 | 0.00006 |
21-50 | 25 | 21.1 | 5.7 | 46 | 30.4 | 6.5 | 0.02 |
51+ | 14 | 19.3 | 4.9 | 66 | 31.4 | 2.3 | 0.0009 |
total | 67 | 20.24 | 5.4 | 155 | 31.24 | 4.2 | 1.00E-09 |
High quality genomes were defined as sequences with coverage >90% and a mean depth of >100. Ct, cycle threshold; stdev, standard deviation.