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. 2020 Jul:128:104450.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2020.104450. Epub 2020 May 20.

Type I interferons can be detected in respiratory swabs from SARS-Cov-2 infected patients

Guido Antonelli  1 , Ombretta Turriziani  2 , Alessandra Pierangeli  3 , Gabriella d'Ettorre  4 , Gioacchino Galardo  5 , Francesco Pugliese  6 , Claudio M Mastroianni  4 , Carolina Scagnolari  3
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Type I interferons can be detected in respiratory swabs from SARS-Cov-2 infected patients

Guido Antonelli et al. J Clin Virol. 2020 Jul.
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