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letter . 2020 Sep 28:ciaa1491. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1491
Correlation between 3790 qPCR positives samples and positive cell cultures including 1941 SARS-CoV-2 isolates
Rita Jaafar
1,2, Sarah Aherfi
1,2, Nathalie Wurtz
1,2, Clio Grimaldier
1,2, Van Thuan Hoang
1,3,4, Philippe Colson
1,2, Didier Raoult
1,2, Bernard La Scola
1,2,✉
Rita Jaafar
1
IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
2
Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, APHM, MEPHI, Marseille, France
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Sarah Aherfi
1
IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
2
Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, APHM, MEPHI, Marseille, France
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Nathalie Wurtz
1
IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
2
Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, APHM, MEPHI, Marseille, France
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Clio Grimaldier
1
IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
2
Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, APHM, MEPHI, Marseille, France
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Van Thuan Hoang
1
IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
3
Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, France
4
Thai Binh University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Thai Binh, Viet Nam
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Philippe Colson
1
IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
2
Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, APHM, MEPHI, Marseille, France
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Didier Raoult
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IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
2
Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, APHM, MEPHI, Marseille, France
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Bernard La Scola
1
IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
2
Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, APHM, MEPHI, Marseille, France
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1
IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
2
Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, APHM, MEPHI, Marseille, France
3
Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, France
4
Thai Binh University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Thai Binh, Viet Nam
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Corresponding author: Bernard La Scola bernard.la-scola@univ-amu.fr
Received 2020 Sep 21.
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See letter "Optimal cycle thresholds for COVID-19 screening – ROC-based methods highlight between-study differences" in volume 73 on page e852.
This article has been corrected. See Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 29:ciab531.