SARS-CoV-2 shedding and infectivity - Authors' reply

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¹ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100029, China.
² Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100029, China; Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100029, China; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; Tsinghua University School of Medicine, Beijing, China. Electronic address: caobin_ben@163.com.

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Fei Zhou et al. Lancet. 2020.

. 2020 Apr 25;395(10233):1340.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30869-2. Epub 2020 Apr 15.

¹ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100029, China.
² Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100029, China; Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100029, China; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; Tsinghua University School of Medicine, Beijing, China. Electronic address: caobin_ben@163.com.

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SARS-CoV-2 shedding and infectivity.
Atkinson B, Petersen E. Atkinson B, et al. Lancet. 2020 Apr 25;395(10233):1339-1340. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30868-0. Epub 2020 Apr 15. Lancet. 2020. PMID: 32304647 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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