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. 2021 Jun;49(3):555-557.
doi: 10.1007/s15010-020-01542-0. Epub 2020 Nov 13.

Evaluating the clinical utility and sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing in relation to RT-PCR Ct values

Lukas Lanser  1 , Rosa Bellmann-Weiler  1 , Karla-Wanda Öttl  1 , Lukas Huber  1 , Andrea Griesmacher  2 , Igor Theurl  1 , Günter Weiss  3
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Evaluating the clinical utility and sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing in relation to RT-PCR Ct values

Lukas Lanser et al. Infection. 2021 Jun.
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