False negative results on PCR for SARS-COV-2 using nasopharyngeal swab

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ome Municipal General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Hematology, Ome Municipal General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

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Yu Kusaka et al. Infect Dis (Lond). 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;53(9):733-735.

doi: 10.1080/23744235.2021.1903075. Epub 2021 Mar 24.

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ome Municipal General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Hematology, Ome Municipal General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

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