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. 2021 Jul 19;59(8):e0108021.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01080-21. Epub 2021 Jul 19.

Estimating the False-Positive Rate of Highly Automated SARS-CoV-2 Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing

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Estimating the False-Positive Rate of Highly Automated SARS-CoV-2 Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing

Christopher M Chandler et al. J Clin Microbiol. .
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Keywords: Hologic; Roche; SARS-CoV-2; false positive; high-throughput.

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