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Utility of the cycle threshold in anticipating the next phase of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2022

Jessica A. Penney*
Affiliation:
Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Disease, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Amanda W. Jung
Affiliation:
Tufts University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
Benjamin C. Koethe
Affiliation:
Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design Center, Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), Boston, Massachusetts
Shira I. Doron*
Affiliation:
Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Disease, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
*
Author for correspondence: Jessica A. Penney, E-mail: jpenney@tuftsmedicalcenter.org. Shira I. Doron, E-mail: sdoron@tuftsmedicalcenter.org
Author for correspondence: Jessica A. Penney, E-mail: jpenney@tuftsmedicalcenter.org. Shira I. Doron, E-mail: sdoron@tuftsmedicalcenter.org

Abstract

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Research Brief
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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