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. 2020 May 1;3(5):e2010475.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.10475.

Recurrent Positive Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction Results for Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Patients Discharged From a Hospital in China

Rujun Hu  1 , Zhixia Jiang  2 , Huiming Gao  2 , Di Huang  2 , Deyu Jiang  2 , Fang Chen  2 , Jin Li  2
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Recurrent Positive Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction Results for Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Patients Discharged From a Hospital in China

Rujun Hu et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This case series examines patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who were discharged from the hospital and had recurrent positive reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results.

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