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editorial . 2020 Sep 8:ciaa1316. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1316
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Blood of Patients with COVID-19: What Does It Mean?
Jana L Jacobs
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Jana L Jacobs, PhD
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Corresponding author: John W. Mellors, MD, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Scaife Hall, Suite 818, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, Telephone: 412-624-8512, jwm1@pitt.edu
Received 2020 Aug 24.
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