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. 2021 Sep;21(9):1194-1195.
doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00197-3. Epub 2021 Apr 12.

Beyond COVID-19-will self-sampling and testing become the norm?

Yap Boum  1 , Sara Eyangoh  2 , Marie-Claire Okomo  3
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Beyond COVID-19-will self-sampling and testing become the norm?

Yap Boum et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Sep.
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