This debate was quite heated in the US back in July / Aug. Most virologists
and health experts agree that cycle threshold is not at all about false
positives or false negatives. It only has significance when it comes to
viral load. And from the ICMR advisory linked above, as well as WHO I
CT value is not a reliable indicator. Earlier labs used to report CT value
by default but now they do not - but one can ask for the CT value.
https://www.icmr.gov.in/pdf/covid/techdoc/Advisory_on_correlation_of_COVID_severity_with_Ct_values.pdf
On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 11:18 AM Nikhil VJ wrote:
Hi All,
I wanted to know if the Indian government or related agencies have set any
standard limit in a crucial setting in the Covid tests called "Cycle
Threshold".
Are the folks collecting stats on covid cases - having any data on cycle
values for those cases?
Have you or someone you know been
