COVID-19: A PCR-defined pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Vietnamese-German Centre for Medical Research (VG-CARE), Hanoi, Vietnam; Faculty of Medicine, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam. Electronic address: velavan@medizin.uni-tuebingen.de.
² Institute of Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Vietnamese-German Centre for Medical Research (VG-CARE), Hanoi, Vietnam; Faculty of Medicine, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam. Electronic address: christian.g.meyer@gmail.com.

Editorial

Thirumalaisamy P Velavan et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb:103:278-279.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.11.189. Epub 2020 Dec 1.

¹ Institute of Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Vietnamese-German Centre for Medical Research (VG-CARE), Hanoi, Vietnam; Faculty of Medicine, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam. Electronic address: velavan@medizin.uni-tuebingen.de.
² Institute of Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Vietnamese-German Centre for Medical Research (VG-CARE), Hanoi, Vietnam; Faculty of Medicine, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam. Electronic address: christian.g.meyer@gmail.com.

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