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Comment
. 2023 May;4(5):e296.
doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00030-7. Epub 2023 Feb 3.

Ignoring SARS-CoV-2 testing performance during COVID-19

Christoph Buchta  1 , Heinz Zeichhardt  2 , Andrea Griesmacher  3 , Ingo Schellenberg  4 , Martin Kammel  5
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Comment

Ignoring SARS-CoV-2 testing performance during COVID-19

Christoph Buchta et al. Lancet Microbe. 2023 May.
No abstract available

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HZ is majority owner of Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Diagnostik; and owner and managing director of Institut für Qualitätssicherung in der Virusdiagnostik. All other authors declare no competing interests.

Comment on

  • The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Sachs JD, Karim SSA, Aknin L, Allen J, Brosbøl K, Colombo F, Barron GC, Espinosa MF, Gaspar V, Gaviria A, Haines A, Hotez PJ, Koundouri P, Bascuñán FL, Lee JK, Pate MA, Ramos G, Reddy KS, Serageldin I, Thwaites J, Vike-Freiberga V, Wang C, Were MK, Xue L, Bahadur C, Bottazzi ME, Bullen C, Laryea-Adjei G, Ben Amor Y, Karadag O, Lafortune G, Torres E, Barredo L, Bartels JGE, Joshi N, Hellard M, Huynh UK, Khandelwal S, Lazarus JV, Michie S. Sachs JD, et al. Lancet. 2022 Oct 8;400(10359):1224-1280. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01585-9. Epub 2022 Sep 14. Lancet. 2022. PMID: 36115368 Free PMC article. Review. No abstract available.

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