RT-PCR tests for SARS-CoV-2 processed at a large Italian Hospital and false-negative results among confirmed COVID-19 cases
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RT-PCR tests for SARS-CoV-2 processed at a large Italian Hospital and false-negative results among confirmed COVID-19 cases
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False negative of RT-PCR and prolonged nucleic acid conversion in COVID-19: Rather than recurrence.J Med Virol. 2020 Oct;92(10):1755-1756. doi: 10.1002/jmv.25855. Epub 2020 Jul 11. J Med Virol. 2020. PMID: 32270882 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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