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Re:Order your rapid tests from the USPS (US only) by disabled on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @02:07PM (#29984122)
What unit of measurement is TCID50/ML? Just curious
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Re:Order your rapid tests from the USPS (US only) by fotta on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @02:15PM (#29984230)
I am admittedly not a virology expert but my understanding is TCID50 signifies the concentration at which 50% of the cells are infected when the sample is inoculated with a diluted solution of viral fluid.

Ripped straight from https://www.bio-rad.com/en-us/life-science-research/overlay/...

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Re:Order your rapid tests from the USPS (US only) by dtech on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @02:16PM (#29984255)
The amount of virus necessary to affect half (50%) of the cells in a sample.
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Re:Order your rapid tests from the USPS (US only) by h2hq on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @02:11PM (#29984171)
https://iamanovice.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/tcid50/
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