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SCIENCE
卷 373, 期 6552, 页码 -出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.abh0635
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- US National Institutes of Health Director's Early Independence Award [DP5-OD028145]
- Morris-Singer Fund
- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [U01IP001121]
- US National Institute of General Medical Sciences [U54GM088558]
- US National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health [U01CA261277]
Population distribution of viral loads changes during an epidemic, and Ct values from random samples can improve estimates of an epidemic's trajectory. Combining data from multiple samples enhances the precision and robustness of estimation. These methods can be applied to real-time estimates of epidemic trajectories for outbreak management and response.
Estimating an epidemic's trajectory is crucial for developing public health responses to infectious diseases, but case data used for such estimation are confounded by variable testing practices. We show that the population distribution of viral loads observed under random or symptom-based surveillance-in the form of cycle threshold (Ct) values obtained from reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction testing-changes during an epidemic. Thus, Ct values from even limited numbers of random samples can provide improved estimates of an epidemic's trajectory. Combining data from multiple such samples improves the precision and robustness of this estimation. We apply our methods to Ct values from surveillance conducted during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic in a variety of settings and offer alternative approaches for real-time estimates of epidemic trajectories for outbreak management and response.
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