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The impact of viral load in asymptomatic infected children is important to understand transmission potential. We sought to determine whether children deemed to be asymptomatic had a difference in the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) cycle threshold (Ct) value of respiratory samples from symptomatic children with SARS-CoV-2 infection.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This was a retrospective cross-sectional study to compare PCR Ct values of children who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 by respiratory samples collected over a 4-month period at a large tertiary care children\u2019s hospital.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We analyzed 728 children who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 by reverse-transcription PCR (RT-PCR) from a respiratory sample over a 4-month period and for whom data were available in the electronic medical record. Overall, 71.2% of infected children were symptomatic. The mean Ct value for symptomatic patients (Ct mean, 19.9 [standard deviation, 6.3]) was significantly lower than for asymptomatic patients (Ct mean, 23.5 [standard deviation, 6.9]) (P &amp;lt; .001; 95% confidence interval, 2.6\u20134.6). The mean PCR Ct value was lowest in children &amp;lt;5 years of age.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>In this retrospective review of children who tested positive by RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2, the mean Ct was significantly lower in symptomatic children and was lowest in children &amp;lt;5 years of age, indicating that symptomatic children and younger children infected with SARS-CoV-2 may have a higher viral load in the nasopharynx compared to asymptomatic children. Further studies are needed to assess the transmission potential from asymptomatic children.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/cid\/ciab120","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,5]],"date-time":"2021-02-05T20:29:50Z","timestamp":1612556990000},"page":"1790-1794","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Comparison of Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Cycle Threshold Values From Respiratory Specimens in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Children With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"73","author":[{"given":"John","family":"Strutner","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nanda","family":"Ramchandar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, 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