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Comment
. 2022 Jan 11;327(2):183-184.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.21706.

Saliva RT-PCR Sensitivity Over the Course of SARS-COV-2 Infection-Reply

Pia S Pannaraj  1 , Zion Congrave-Wilson  1 , Yesun Lee  1
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Saliva RT-PCR Sensitivity Over the Course of SARS-COV-2 Infection-Reply

Pia S Pannaraj et al. JAMA. .
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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Pannaraj reported receiving research funding from Pfizer and AstraZeneca, and MedImmune for unrelated studies, and consultant fees from Sanofi-Pasteur and Seqirus. No other disclosures were reported.

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