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Comment
. 2020 May;25(21):2000880.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.21.2000880.

Letter to the editor: SARS-CoV-2 detection by real-time RT-PCR

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Letter to the editor: SARS-CoV-2 detection by real-time RT-PCR

Trestan Pillonel et al. Euro Surveill. 2020 May.
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Keywords: COVID-19; Molecular diagnostic; SARS-CoV-2; real-time RT-PCR.

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  • Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR.
    Corman VM, Landt O, Kaiser M, Molenkamp R, Meijer A, Chu DK, Bleicker T, Brünink S, Schneider J, Schmidt ML, Mulders DG, Haagmans BL, van der Veer B, van den Brink S, Wijsman L, Goderski G, Romette JL, Ellis J, Zambon M, Peiris M, Goossens H, Reusken C, Koopmans MP, Drosten C. Corman VM, et al. Euro Surveill. 2020 Jan;25(3):2000045. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.3.2000045. Euro Surveill. 2020. PMID: 31992387 Free PMC article.

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