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SUBMITTER: Abu-Raddad LJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8795418 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Abu-Raddad Laith J LJ Chemaitelly Hiam H Ayoub Houssein H HH Tang Patrick P Coyle Peter P Hasan Mohammad R MR Yassine Hadi M HM Benslimane Fatiha M FM Al-Khatib Hebah A HA Al-Kanaani Zaina Z Al-Kuwari Einas E Jeremijenko Andrew A Kaleeckal Anvar Hassan AH Latif Ali Nizar AN Shaik Riyazuddin Mohammad RM Abdul-Rahim Hanan F HF Nasrallah Gheyath K GK Al-Kuwari Mohamed Ghaith MG Butt Adeel A AA Al-Romaihi Hamad Eid HE Al-Khal Abdullatif A Al-Thani Mohametabd H MH Bertollini Roberto R
Nature communications 20220127 1
SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections in vaccinated individuals and in those who had a prior infection have been observed globally, but the transmission potential of these infections is unknown. The RT-qPCR cycle threshold (Ct) value is inversely correlated with viral load and culturable virus. Here, we investigate differences in RT-qPCR Ct values across Qatar's national cohorts of primary infections, reinfections, BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) breakthrough infections, and mRNA-1273 (Moderna) breakthr ...[more]