Contamination of personal protective equipment during COVID-19 autopsies.

A highly significant difference ( p < 0.001) was observed between the Ct values of the samples from the lungs or bronchi (median Ct: 17; range: 14–28) and those from the PPE (median Ct: 28; range: 18–32).

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There was a clear trend of a higher viability rate in cases with low Ct values (< 18) among the lung/bronchus samples, indicating that a higher viral load likely results in a higher probability of virus infectivity as has been previously shown [ 12 ].

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