Open AccessInitial viral load of a COVID-19-infected case indicated by its cycle threshold value of polymerase chain reaction could be used as a predictor of its transmissibility - An experience from Gujarat, India
Author(s) -
Bidisa Sarkar,
Rabindra Nath Sinha,
Kamalesh Sarkar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_593_20
Subject(s) - viral load , transmission (telecommunications) , medicine , covid-19 , observational study , virology , disease , virus , infectious disease (medical specialty) , electrical engineering , engineering
Transmission dynamics of the infectious disease Corona Virus Disease - 19 (COVID-19) is yet to be understood fully. The study aimed at exploring whether quantitative viral load of COVID-19-infected case indicated by cycle threshold (Ct) value of real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction could predict about transmission pattern in the community.