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Comment
. 2021 Dec;39(10):531-532.
doi: 10.1016/j.eimce.2021.09.008. Epub 2021 Sep 16.

Antigen-detecting rapid tests or real-time PCR, what test to use and why?

Boris Revollo Barriga  1 , Josep M Llibre Codina  2
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Antigen-detecting rapid tests or real-time PCR, what test to use and why?

Boris Revollo Barriga et al. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed). 2021 Dec.
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