False Positive Results With SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Tests and How to Evaluate a RT-PCR-Positive Test for the Possibility of a False Positive Result

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - Tập 63 Số 3 - Trang e159-e162 - 2021
Glenn D. Braunstein1, Lori A. Schwartz2, Pamela A. Hymel2, Jonathan E. Fielding3
1Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
2The Walt Disney Company, Burbank, California
3The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

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