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. 2021 Jul;2(7):e286-e287.
doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(21)00089-6. Epub 2021 May 12.

Rapid tests for quantification of infectiousness are urgently required in patients with COVID-19

Daniel Pan  1 , Shirley Sze  2 , Shalin Abraham  3 , Caroline M Williams  4 , Julian W Tang  5 , Mike R Barer  4 , Manish Pareek  6
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Rapid tests for quantification of infectiousness are urgently required in patients with COVID-19

Daniel Pan et al. Lancet Microbe. 2021 Jul.
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Conflict of interest statement

DP is supported by a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Academic Clinical Fellowship. SS is supported by an NIHR Clinical Lectureship in Cardiology. CMWs supported by an NIHR Clinical Lectureship in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. JWT has given talks on general aspects of COVID-19 (including transmission) at meetings sponsored by Thea Pharmaceuticals, Thornton & Ross, and Landsec, and received grants from Sanofi Pasteur outside the submitted work commented on here. MRB received funding from the UK National Core Study (PROTECT; transmission and the environment). MP is a member of the Health Data Research UK COVID-19 Taskforce, and is supported by a NIHR Development and Skills Enhancement Award, a grant from UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council, and NIHR (MR/V027549/1), and the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre.

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