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. 2020 Apr 19:ciaa459. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa459

Testing for SARS-CoV-2: Can We Stop at Two?

Tau Hong Lee 1,2,3,4,, Ray Junhao Lin 1,2, Raymond T P Lin 1, Timothy Barkham 2,4, Pooja Rao 2,3, Yee-Sin Leo 1,2,3,4,5, David Chien Lye 1,2,3,4, Barnaby Young 1,2,3; National Centre for Infectious Diseases COVID-19 Outbreak Research Team
PMCID: PMC7188180  PMID: 32306042

Abstract

The COVID-19 epidemic requires accurate identification and isolation of confirmed cases for effective control. This report describes the effectiveness of our testing strategy and highlights the importance of repeat testing in suspect cases in our cohort.


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