Public Health England, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
J Infect Dis. 2021 May 28;223(10):1666-1670. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab082.
A SARS-CoV-2 variant B1.1.7 containing mutation Δ69/70 has spread rapidly in the United Kingdom and shows an identifiable profile in ThermoFisher TaqPath RT-qPCR, S gene target failure (SGTF). We analyzed recent test data for trends and significance. Linked cycle threshold (Ct) values for respiratory samples showed that a low Ct for ORF1ab and N were clearly associated with SGTF. Significantly more SGTF samples had higher inferred viral loads between 1×107 and 1×108. Our conclusion is that patients whose samples exhibit the SGTF profile are more likely to have high viral loads, which may explain higher infectivity and rapidity of spread.
一种含有突变 Δ69/70 的 SARS-CoV-2 变体 B1.1.7 在英国迅速传播,并在 ThermoFisher TaqPath RT-qPCR 中显示出可识别的 S 基因靶标失败(SGTF)特征。我们分析了最近的测试数据以了解趋势和意义。与呼吸道样本相关联的循环阈值(Ct)值表明,ORF1ab 和 N 的低 Ct 与 SGTF 明显相关。具有更高推断病毒载量(1×107 到 1×108 之间)的 SGTF 样本数量明显更多。我们的结论是,样本显示 SGTF 特征的患者更有可能具有高病毒载量,这可能解释了更高的传染性和快速传播性。