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letter . 2020 Aug 28:piaa103. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piaa103
Parental COVID-19 Testing of Hospitalized Children: Rethinking Infection Control in a Pandemic
Ameer Hassoun
1,✉, Nishant Prasad
2, Suzanne Pugh
1, Indira Merced
1, Joseph Abularrage
3, Manish Sharma
1
Ameer Hassoun, MD
1
New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Flushing, New York
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Nishant Prasad, MD
2
New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, Department of Medicine, The Dr. James J. Rahal Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases. Flushing, New York
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Suzanne Pugh, RN
1
New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Flushing, New York
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Indira Merced, RN
1
New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Flushing, New York
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Joseph Abularrage, MD
3
New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, Department of Pediatrics. Flushing, New York
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Manish Sharma, DO
1
New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Flushing, New York
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1
New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Flushing, New York
2
New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, Department of Medicine, The Dr. James J. Rahal Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases. Flushing, New York
3
New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, Department of Pediatrics. Flushing, New York
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Address correspondence to: Ameer Hassoun, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Queens, 5645 Main Street, Flushing NY, 11355, [amh9019@nyp.org], 917-257-7157.
Received 2020 Jul 13.
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