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. 2021 Jul 19;59(8):e0091321.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00913-21. Epub 2021 Jul 19.

Endemic SARS-CoV-2 Polymorphisms Can Cause a Higher Diagnostic Target Failure Rate than Estimated by Aggregate Global Sequencing Data

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Endemic SARS-CoV-2 Polymorphisms Can Cause a Higher Diagnostic Target Failure Rate than Estimated by Aggregate Global Sequencing Data

Daniel D Rhoads et al. J Clin Microbiol. .
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Keywords: PCR; SARS-CoV-2; mutation; nucleocapsid gene; variant.

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