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. 2020 Nov;92(11):2306-2307.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.25971. Epub 2020 Jun 2.

Pooling of nasopharyngeal swab specimens for SARS-CoV-2 detection by RT-PCR

Ignacio Torres  1 , Eliseo Albert  1 , David Navarro  1
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Pooling of nasopharyngeal swab specimens for SARS-CoV-2 detection by RT-PCR

Ignacio Torres et al. J Med Virol. 2020 Nov.
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