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editorial . 2020 Aug 25:ciaa1251. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1251
Controlling the COVID-19 pandemic blindly: Silent spread in absence of rapid viral screening
Hanalise V Huff
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Hanalise V Huff, MD, MPH
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Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Corresponding author: Hanalise V. Huff, MD, MPH, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Phone: +1-617-355-3499, Email: hanalise.huff@childrens.harvard.edu
Received 2020 Jul 28.
Keywords: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Public Health, Transmission, Testing
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See commentary "Pan-Family Assays for Rapid Viral Screening: Reducing Delays in Public Health Responses During Pandemics", ciaa1028.