False-negative results of initial RT-PCR assays for COVID-19: A systematic review.

False-negative results of initial RT-PCR assays for COVID-19: A systematic review.

<h4>Background</h4>A false-negative case of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is defined as a person with suspected infection and an initial negative result by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test, with a positive result on a...

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Main Authors: Ingrid Arevalo-Rodriguez, Diana Buitrago-Garcia, Daniel Simancas-Racines, Paula Zambrano-Achig, Rosa Del Campo, Agustin Ciapponi, Omar Sued, Laura Martinez-García, Anne W Rutjes, Nicola Low, Patrick M Bossuyt, Jose A Perez-Molina, Javier Zamora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242958

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