HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- In the NFL, there are numbers nearly everywhere, whether it's on jerseys, the scoreboard or down markers. But, in this age of COVID-19, there's one magic number: the cycle ...

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Cycle threshold value can indicate the amount of virus in a person. It is defined as the number of cycles required for the fluorescence signal to accumulate and cross the threshold. The fluorescence ...

With the increase in positive COVID tests, physicians, contact tracers, and hospitals in our town are very busy. I would imagine the same can be said for your community. With this time of year being ...

During the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, most doctors relied on cycle threshold (Ct) values obtained from the RT-PCR test. It was perceived that lesser the score and higher the viral load, more was ...

Q: I’ve recently read in the New York Times about PCR testing and the cycle threshold. There was concern from health experts that many labs were setting the detection threshold to a level so sensitive ...

The art of medicine is taught by the bedside. It involves detailed history-taking, followed by a physical examination which employs the senses of the physician. Humans, however, prefer concrete ...

BACKGROUND: The role of children in the transmission and community spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is unclear. We aimed to quantify the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 ...

The Beijing Olympic Committee and Chinese authorities plan to lower the threshold for producing a negative COVID-19 test for participants upon arrival at the Winter Games. Beijing 2022 sent out a ...