Association of the CT values of real-time PCR of viral upper respiratory tract infection with clinical severity, Kenya

Quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction (qRT‐PCR) assay of the upper respiratory tract is used increasingly to diagnose lower respiratory tract infections. The cycle threshold (CT) values of qRT‐PCR are continuous, semi‐quantitative measurements of viral load, although interpretation of dia...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of medical virology 2013-05, Vol.85 (5), p.924-932
Hauptverfasser:	Fuller, James A., Njenga, M. Kariuki, Bigogo, Godfrey, Aura, Barrack, Ope, Maurice O., Nderitu, Leonard, Wakhule, Lilian, Erdman, Dean D., Breiman, Robert F., Feikin, Daniel R.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Human viral diseases Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infectious diseases influenza Inpatients Kenya Male Medical sciences Microbiology Middle Aged Miscellaneous Nasopharynx - virology Oropharynx - virology Outpatients PCRl Polymerase chain reaction Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods Respiratory diseases respiratory syncytial virus Respiratory Tract Infections - pathology Respiratory Tract Infections - virology Severity of Illness Index Viral diseases Viral Load viral pneumonial Virology Virus Diseases - pathology Virus Diseases - virology Young Adult
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