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Editorial
. 2020 Mar 26;11(2):e00722-20.
doi: 10.1128/mBio.00722-20.

Report from the American Society for Microbiology COVID-19 International Summit, 23 March 2020: Value of Diagnostic Testing for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19

Robin Patel  1 , Esther Babady  2 , Elitza S Theel  3 , Gregory A Storch  4 , Benjamin A Pinsky  5 , Kirsten St George  6 , Tara C Smith  7 , Stefano Bertuzzi  8
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Editorial

Report from the American Society for Microbiology COVID-19 International Summit, 23 March 2020: Value of Diagnostic Testing for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19

Robin Patel et al. mBio. .
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