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. 2024 Aug 28;14(17):1885.
doi: 10.3390/diagnostics14171885.

Reply to Paranhos-Baccalà et al. Comment on "Cuesta et al. An Assessment of a New Rapid Multiplex PCR Assay for the Diagnosis of Meningoencephalitis. Diagnostics 2024, 14, 802"

Genoveva Cuesta  1 , Pedro Puerta-Alcalde  2 , Andrea Vergara  1   3   4   5 , Enric Roses  1 , Jordi Bosch  1   5 , Climent Casals-Pascual  1   3   4   5 , Alex Soriano  2   4 , Maria Ángeles Marcos  1   3   4   5 , Sergi Sanz  3   5   6 , Jordi Vila  1   3   4   5
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Reply to Paranhos-Baccalà et al. Comment on "Cuesta et al. An Assessment of a New Rapid Multiplex PCR Assay for the Diagnosis of Meningoencephalitis. Diagnostics 2024, 14, 802"

Genoveva Cuesta et al. Diagnostics (Basel). .

Abstract

We appreciate the interest and reflections of Paranhos-Baccalà and colleagues in our recent article published in Diagnostics [...].

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