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cord-273723-srfypn7j	Omar, Sarah	Duration of SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection in COVID-19 patients in home isolation, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 2020 – an interval-censored survival analysis	2020-07-30		.txt	text/plain	2932	135	46	title: Duration of SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection in COVID-19 patients in home isolation, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 2020 – an interval-censored survival analysis As far as we are aware, there are currently no published data on the duration of RNA positivity in the upper respiratory of patients with mild COVID-19 that could inform a public health assessment of RT-qPCR as a tool for monitoring home isolation. At 14 days after onset, the earliest moment to discontinue home isolation currently recommended in Germany [18] , 53.5% of COVID-19 patients still had detectable SARS-CoV-2 RNA (Figure 2) . Duration of SARS-CoV-2-RNA positivity in COVID-19 patients in home isolation, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 2020 (n = 537) For cases where laboratory monitoring is indispensable, knowledge of the RT-qPCR threshold cycle may improve our judgement on whether a positive result indicates infectiousness or not [20] .	./cache/cord-273723-srfypn7j.txt	./txt/cord-273723-srfypn7j.txt