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Should qualitative RT-PCR be used to determine release from isolation of COVID-19 patients?
• COVID-19 patients may have persistently positive RT-PCRs for as many as 9 weeks. • Some are being required to continue in isolation until they have negative results. • SARS-CoV-2 qualitative RT-PCR does not distinguish infectious from noninfectious. • Quantitative RT-PCRs and immunoassays are bett...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The British Infection Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7299851/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32562790 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2020.06.030 |