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Review
. 2021 Mar 1:11:03043.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.11.03043.

How to recognize and respond to viral re-positivity and disease relapse in patients with COVID-19

Shiliang Zheng  1 , Caide Liu  1 , Yuhua Chi  1 , Xiaodong Sun  2   3
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How to recognize and respond to viral re-positivity and disease relapse in patients with COVID-19

Shiliang Zheng et al. J Glob Health. .
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Photo: Pharyngeal swab or nasal swab is likely to be false-negative, requiring to standardize our sampling and rigorous testing practices (from Caidu Liu’s collection, used with permission).
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