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letter . 2020 Aug 8:ciaa1181. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1181
Posterior oropharyngeal salivafor the detection of SARS-CoV-2
Marie Pierre Otto
1, Chrystelle Darles
1, Elodie Valero
1, Patrick Benner
2, Fabien Dutasta
3, Frédéric Janvier
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Marie Pierre Otto, MD
1
Microbiology and infection control unit, Military Instruction Hospital Sainte Anne, Toulon, France
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Chrystelle Darles, MD
1
Microbiology and infection control unit, Military Instruction Hospital Sainte Anne, Toulon, France
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Elodie Valero, PharmD
1
Microbiology and infection control unit, Military Instruction Hospital Sainte Anne, Toulon, France
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Patrick Benner, MD
2
Emergency unit, Military Instruction Hospital Sainte Anne, Toulon, France
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Fabien Dutasta, MD
3
Internal medecine unit, Military Instruction Hospital Sainte Anne, Toulon, France
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Frédéric Janvier, Pr, MD, MSci
1
Microbiology and infection control unit, Military Instruction Hospital Sainte Anne, Toulon, France
4
School of Val-de-Grâce, Paris, France
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Microbiology and infection control unit, Military Instruction Hospital Sainte Anne, Toulon, France
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Emergency unit, Military Instruction Hospital Sainte Anne, Toulon, France
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School of Val-de-Grâce, Paris, France
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Corresponding author: Frédéric Janvier, Pr, MD, MSci, Head of microbiology and infection control unit, Military Instruction Hospital Sainte Anne, Toulon, France, janvierfred@hotmail.com
Received 2020 Jul 28.
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