Abstract:BACKGROUND
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing is essential, as it enables early detection and halting the spread of infection throughout the community. Real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (real-time RT-PCR) testing is the predominant method for detecting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in samples, and the cycle threshold value (Ct value) is used to determine COVID-19 positivity.
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