Reply to Pan et al

Affiliations

¹ Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
³ Center for Infectious Disease Imaging, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Comment

Kieren A Marr et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2020.

. 2020 Dec 31;71(11):3015.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa297.

¹ Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
³ Center for Infectious Disease Imaging, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

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