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. 2021 Jul;83(1):e29-e31.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.04.025. Epub 2021 Apr 28.

Duration of culturable SARS-CoV-2 within different specimens among mild and severe COVID-19 patients: A longitudinal study

Yae Jee Baek  1 , Youn-Jung Lee  1 , Jae Sun Yoon  1 , Yujin Sohn  1 , Yunsuk Cho  1 , Moo Hyun Kim  1 , Jong Hoon Hyun  1 , Eun Hwa Lee  1 , Ki Hyun Lee  1 , Jung Ho Kim  1 , Jin Young Ahn  1 , Su Jin Jeong  1 , Nam Su Ku  1 , Joon-Sup Yeom  1 , Jun Yong Choi  2
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Duration of culturable SARS-CoV-2 within different specimens among mild and severe COVID-19 patients: A longitudinal study

Yae Jee Baek et al. J Infect. 2021 Jul.
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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Cyclic threshold (Ct) value of collected samples with culture tests in accordance with the specimens. Abbreviation: Ct, Cyclic threshold.
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Time to viral clearance in COVID-19 patients. Abbreviation: ns, no significance.
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