Testing for SARS-CoV-2: Can We Stop at 2?

Tau Hong Lee; Raymond T.P. Lin; Raymond T.P. Lin; Timothy Barkham; Pooja Rao; Yee Sin Leo; David Chien Lye; Barnaby Young

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa459

Testing for SARS-CoV-2: Can We Stop at 2?

Tau Hong Lee^*
, Raymond T.P. Lin
, Raymond T.P. Lin
, Timothy Barkham
, Pooja Rao
, Yee Sin Leo
, David Chien Lye
, Barnaby Young

^*Corresponding author for this work

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The COVID-19 epidemic requires accurate identification and isolation of confirmed cases for effective control. This report describes the effectiveness of our testing strategy and highlights the importance of repeat testing in suspected cases in our cohort.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2246-2248
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	71
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa459
Publication status	Published - 15-10-2020

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Infectious Diseases

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