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Editorial
. 2020 Sep;12(17):1219-1222.
doi: 10.4155/bio-2020-0185. Epub 2020 Aug 21.

Safety considerations in the bioanalytical laboratories handling specimens from coronavirus disease 2019 patients

Zhuo Chen  1 , Timothy W Sikorski  1
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Editorial

Safety considerations in the bioanalytical laboratories handling specimens from coronavirus disease 2019 patients

Zhuo Chen et al. Bioanalysis. 2020 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus inactivation; viral load in matrices.

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