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Factors associated with weak positive SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis by reverse transcriptase-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR).

ABSTRACT: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the reverse transcriptase-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) assay has been the primary method of diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, RT-qPCR assay interpretation can be ambiguous with no universal absolute cut-off value to determine sample positivity, which particularly complicates the analysis of samples with high Ct values, or weak positives. Therefore, we sought to analyse factors associated with weak positive SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis. We analysed sample data associated with all positive SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR diagnostic tests performed by the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL) in Melbourne, Australia, during the Victorian first wave (22 January 2020-30 May 2020). A subset of samples was screened for the presence of host DNA and RNA using qPCR assays for CCR5 and 18S, respectively. Assays targeting the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) had higher Ct values than assays targeting the viral N and E genes. Weak positives were not associated with the age or sex of individuals' samples nor with reduced levels of host DNA and RNA. We observed a relationship between Ct value and time post-SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis. High Ct value or weak positive SARS-CoV-2 was not associated with any particular bias including poor biological sampling.

SUBMITTER: Rawat P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9239708 | biostudies-literature |

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