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Comment
. 2020 May;25(21):2000880.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.21.2000880.

Letter to the editor: SARS-CoV-2 detection by real-time RT-PCR

Trestan Pillonel  1 , Valentin Scherz  1 , Katia Jaton  1 , Gilbert Greub  1 , Claire Bertelli  1
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Comment

Letter to the editor: SARS-CoV-2 detection by real-time RT-PCR

Trestan Pillonel et al. Euro Surveill. 2020 May.
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Keywords: COVID-19; Molecular diagnostic; SARS-CoV-2; real-time RT-PCR.

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  • Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR.
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