Predicting Infectious Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 From Diagnostic Samples

Bullard, Jared; Dust, Kerry; J. Funk, Duane; E. Strong, James; C. Alexander, David; Garnett, Lauren; Boodman, Carl; Bello, Alexander; Hedley, Adam; Schiffman, Zachary; Doan, Kaylie; Bastien, Nathalie; Li, Yan; G Van Caeseele, Paul; Poliquin, Guillaume

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa638

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Predicting Infectious Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 From Diagnostic Samples

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • May 21, 2020

Authors:

Jared Bullard

Kerry Dust

Duane J. Funk

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has become the primary method to diagnose viral diseases, including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). RT-PCR detects RNA, not infectious virus; thus, its ability to determine duration of infectivity of p...

Subject

Infectivity

Vero cell

Virology

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