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. 2021 Dec;53(7):914-916.
doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2021.08.004. Epub 2021 Sep 23.

Prolonged PCR positivity in elderly patients infected with SARS-CoV-2

Annaleise R Howard-Jones  1 , Susan Maddocks  2 , Kerri Basile  2 , Dominic E Dwyer  3 , James Branley  4 , Jen Kok  5
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Prolonged PCR positivity in elderly patients infected with SARS-CoV-2

Annaleise R Howard-Jones et al. Pathology. 2021 Dec.
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Fig. 1
Mean Ct values (with standard deviations) by day from symptom onset for samples taken 0–3 days, 4–14 days and >14 days from time of symptom onset. ∗ Denotes p<0.001 compared to Ct values at 0–3 days from symptom onset.
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Fig. 2
(A) Age distribution of participants. (B) Average age and proportion of persons aged ≥80 years with prolonged SARS-CoV-2 PCR positivity by number of weeks from symptom onset. (C) Relative proportion of patients with SARS-CoV-2 detected by PCR by week from symptom onset, compared to cohort with positivity at 2 weeks from symptom onset.
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