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. 2021 Jul;21(7):2623-2624.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.16576. Epub 2021 Apr 1.

A call to routinely test lower respiratory tract samples for SARS-CoV-2 in lung donors

Deepali Kumar  1 , Atul Humar  1 , Shaf Keshavjee  1 , Marcelo Cypel  1
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A call to routinely test lower respiratory tract samples for SARS-CoV-2 in lung donors

Deepali Kumar et al. Am J Transplant. 2021 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: clinical research/practice; donors and donation: donor-derived infections; infection and infectious agents - viral; infectious disease.

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