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Evaluation of Transport Media and Specimen Transport Conditions for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Using Real Time Reverse Transcription PCR

Evaluation of Transport Media and Specimen Transport Conditions for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Using Real Time Reverse Transcription PCR

Authors: Rogers AA, Baumann RE, Borillo GA, Kagan RM, Batterman HJ, Galdzicka M, Marlowe EM

Citation: J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Apr 27;JCM.00708-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00708-20. [Epub ahead of print]

Specialties: COVID-19, Infectious Disease

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