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Detection and viral RNA shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory specimens relative to symptom onset among COVID-19 patients in Bavaria, Germany − Addendum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2021

Tom Woudenberg*
Affiliation:
Unit of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Oberschleissheim, Germany ECDC Fellowship Programme, Field Epidemiology path (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
Ute Eberle
Affiliation:
Unit of Virology, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Oberschleißheim, Germany
Durdica Marosevic
Affiliation:
Unit of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Oberschleissheim, Germany
Bernhard Liebl
Affiliation:
State Institute of Health, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Oberschleißheim, Germany Ludwig Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
Nikolaus Ackermann
Affiliation:
Unit of Virology, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Oberschleißheim, Germany
Katharina Katz
Affiliation:
Unit of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Oberschleissheim, Germany
Andreas Sing
Affiliation:
Unit of Public Health Microbiology, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Oberschleißheim, Germany
Bavarian SARS-CoV-2-Group
Affiliation:
Unit of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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Author for correspondence: Tom Woudenberg, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

The original publication of this article contains an error on Page 13.

The current phrase reads:

However, we expect that lower Ct-values are associated with a lower probability of isolating virus in culture [28–32].

The phrase should be:

‘However, we expect that higher Ct-values are associated with a lower probability of isolating virus in culture [28–32].’

Footnotes

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References

Woudenberg, T et al. (2021) Detection and viral RNA shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory specimens relative to symptom onset among COVID-19 patients in Bavaria, Germany. Epidemiology and Infection 149, E150.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed