Asymptomatic health-care worker screening during the COVID-19 pandemic - Authors' reply

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¹ Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK; Department of Cardiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London EC1A 7BE, UK.
² Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
³ William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK; The Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London EC1A 7BE, UK.
⁵ National Amyloidosis Centre, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, UK; Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁶ Department of Virology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London EC1A 7BE, UK.
⁷ Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK.
⁸ Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK; Department of Cardiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London EC1A 7BE, UK. Electronic address: j.moon@ucl.ac.uk.

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Thomas A Treibel et al. Lancet. 2020.

. 2020 Oct 31;396(10260):1394-1395.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32211-X.

¹ Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK; Department of Cardiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London EC1A 7BE, UK.
² Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
³ William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK; The Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London EC1A 7BE, UK.
⁵ National Amyloidosis Centre, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, UK; Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁶ Department of Virology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London EC1A 7BE, UK.
⁷ Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK.
⁸ Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK; Department of Cardiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London EC1A 7BE, UK. Electronic address: j.moon@ucl.ac.uk.

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COVID-19: PCR screening of asymptomatic health-care workers at London hospital.
Treibel TA, Manisty C, Burton M, McKnight Á, Lambourne J, Augusto JB, Couto-Parada X, Cutino-Moguel T, Noursadeghi M, Moon JC. Treibel TA, et al. Lancet. 2020 May 23;395(10237):1608-1610. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31100-4. Epub 2020 May 8. Lancet. 2020. PMID: 32401714 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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