Thermal treatment of nasopharyngeal samples before cobas SARS-CoV-2 testing

Affiliations

¹ PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia. Electronic address: todd.pryce@health.wa.gov.au.
² PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.
³ PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.

Todd M Pryce et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;27(1):149-150.

doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.07.042. Epub 2020 Aug 6.

¹ PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia. Electronic address: todd.pryce@health.wa.gov.au.
² PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.
³ PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.

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