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. 2024 Nov 21;16(11):c199. doi: 10.7759/cureus.c199

Correction: Strategies to Overcome Erroneous Outcomes in Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Testing: Insights From the COVID-19 Pandemic

SM Shafiul Alam Sajal 1, Dewan Zubaer Islam 2, Shahad Saif Khandker 3, Elizabeth Solórzano-Ortiz 4, Manal Fardoun 5, Md Firoz Ahmed 2, Mohd Raeed Jamiruddin 6, Nafisa Azmuda 2, Miral Mehta 7, Santosh Kumar 8, Mainul Haque 9,, Nihad Adnan 2
Editors: Alexander Muacevic, John R Adler
PMCID: PMC11583833  PMID: 39583600

This article has been corrected as follows to replace reference 69 with the correct information.

Original reference:  Do COVID-19 Tests Still Work After They Expire? Here's How to Tell. (2023). Accessed: October 12, 2024: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-test-expiration-dates-fda-extension-accurate.

New reference: Facente SN, Dowling T, Vittinghoff E, Sykes DL, Colfax GN: False positive rate of rapid oral fluid HIV tests increases as kits near expiration date. PLoS One. 2009, 4(12):e8217. 10.1371/journal.pone.0008217.

No competing interests declared.


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