Estimating the effect of COVID-19 vaccination and prior infection on cycle threshold values as a proxy of SARS-CoV-2 viral load
We observed an association between prior infection status and higher Ct values, suggesting a decrease in viral load, which could possibly indicate lower transmissibility.
Authors
- Boris Vlaemynck
- Lance Presser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3610-3215)
- Noortje van Maarseveen
- Jan van de Kassteele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5926-6709)
- Harry Vennema (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2521-0584)
- Stijn P. Andeweg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5488-5137)
- Dirk Eggink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4248-6008)
- Mirjam J. Knol (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0645-5754)
- Xiaorui Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5142-8264)
- Juan Cai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6700-0310)
- Sanne Bos
Institutions
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (NL)
- Synergetics (Belgium) (BE)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-12-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107362
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39
Funders
- Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport
- Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu