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Comment
. 2021 Jan 28:149:e35.
doi: 10.1017/S0950268821000170.

Urgent need for evaluation of point-of-care tests as an RT-PCR-sparing strategy for the diagnosis of Covid-19 in symptomatic patients

Alexandre P Zavascki  1
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Urgent need for evaluation of point-of-care tests as an RT-PCR-sparing strategy for the diagnosis of Covid-19 in symptomatic patients

Alexandre P Zavascki. Epidemiol Infect. .
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Keywords: COVID-19; pandemic; public health emerging infections.

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I declare no competing interests.

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Proposed diagnostic algorithm for symptomatic patients with suspected Covid-19 using an RT-PCR-sparing strategy based on point-of-care testing.
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