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letter . 2020 Sep 15:ciaa1399. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1399
Caveats of Reporting Cycles Threshold from SARS-CoV-2 Qualitative PCR Assays: A Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory Perspective
Kok-Siong Poon
1,✉, Nancy Wen-Sim Tee
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Kok-Siong Poon, MSc
1
Molecular Diagnosis Centre, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore
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Nancy Wen-Sim Tee, MBBS
1
Molecular Diagnosis Centre, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore
2
Division of Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore
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Molecular Diagnosis Centre, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore
2
Division of Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore
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Correspondence: Kok-Siong Poon, MSc, BSc(Hons), SMB(ASCPi)CMDLM, pDipMDPath, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, NUH Main Building Level 3, Singapore 119074, Tel: +65 6772 4175, E-mail: kok_siong_poon@nuhs.edu.sg
Received 2020 Sep 8.
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