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Detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in nasopharynx according to clinical phenotype of affected patients.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Dec 2020
Valent Francesca, Di Chiara Antonio
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OBJECTIVES: Duration of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the upper respiratory tract is extremely variable, but its relation to disease severity is unknown. We investigated this relation in the 530 000 inhabitants of the northeastern Italian province of Udine. METHODS: We analysed real-time RT-PCR tests for SARS-CoV-2 in upper respiratory specimens conducted at the Virology...
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