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Comment
. 2020 Dec;81(6):e1-e3.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.08.034. Epub 2020 Aug 25.

Positive RT-PCR nasopharyngeal swab in patients recovered from COVID-19 disease: When does quarantine really end?

Francesco Landi  1 , Elisa Gremese  2 , Elisabetta Rota  2 , Angelo Carfi'  2 , Francesca Benvenuto  2 , Francesca Ciciarello  2 , Maria Rita Lo Monaco  2 , Anna Maria Martone  2 , Francesco Pagano  2 , Annamaria Paglionico  2 , Luca Petricca  2 , Sara Rocchi  2 , Marcello Tritto  2 , Maurizio Sanguinetti  2 , Roberto Bernabei  2 ; Gemelli Against COVID-19 Post-Acute Care Team  2
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Positive RT-PCR nasopharyngeal swab in patients recovered from COVID-19 disease: When does quarantine really end?

Francesco Landi et al. J Infect. 2020 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Health Care Organization; Personalized medicine.

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Declaration of Competing Interest All authors have no conflict of interest.

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Main characteristics of the patients according to the duration of symptoms, treatment, days of hospitalization, and nasopharyngeal swabs execution.
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  • Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in nasopharyngeal swabs after death.
    Scimeca M, Mauriello S, Servadei F, Caggiano B, Ciotti M, Anemona L, Montanaro M, Giacobbi E, Treglia M, Bernardini S, Marsella LT, Schillaci O, Mauriello A. Scimeca M, et al. J Infect. 2021 May;82(5):e3-e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.02.016. Epub 2021 Feb 17. J Infect. 2021. PMID: 33609587 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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