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. 2020 Oct;92(10):1755-1756.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.25855. Epub 2020 Jul 11.

False negative of RT-PCR and prolonged nucleic acid conversion in COVID-19: Rather than recurrence

Ai Tang Xiao  1 , Yi Xin Tong  1 , Sheng Zhang  1
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False negative of RT-PCR and prolonged nucleic acid conversion in COVID-19: Rather than recurrence

Ai Tang Xiao et al. J Med Virol. 2020 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: SARS coronavirus (virus classification); coronavirus (virus classification); shedding (pathogenesis).

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