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Editorial
. 2020 Nov 18;7(4):345-346.
doi: 10.1515/dx-2020-0093.

COVID-19 or common coronavirus? A cautionary tale in advanced diagnostics

Jessica Howard-Anderson  1 , Andrew Webster  1 , Abhinav Goyal  2 , David S Vadnais  2 , Colleen S Kraft  1   3 , James P Steinberg  1 , Jesse T Jacob  1
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Editorial

COVID-19 or common coronavirus? A cautionary tale in advanced diagnostics

Jessica Howard-Anderson et al. Diagnosis (Berl). .
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Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.

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Figure:. Results of the Rapid Respiratory Diagnostic Panel
A negative multiplex PCR respiratory panel in the general laboratory section of the electronic medical record. Note that the four common human coronaviruses are listed by name. The interpretation result (not shown) which explains that SARS-CoV-2 is not tested is obtained by clicking on the specimen result and then the comment tab
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