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COVID-19 Testing: What’s Available, and Each Test’s Pros and Cons

By Ryan Patrick Radecki, MD, MS | on June 16, 2020 | 0 Comment
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  1. He X, Lau EHY, Wu P, et al. Temporal dynamics in viral shedding and transmissibility of COVID-19. Nat Med. 2020;26(5):672-675.
  2. Wang W, Xu Y, Gao R, et al. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in different types of clinical specimens. JAMA. 2020;323(18):1843-1844.
  3. IDSA COVID-19 antibody testing primer. Infectious Diseases Society of America website. Accessed May 11, 2020.

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Ryan Patrick Radecki, MD, MS

Ryan Patrick Radecki, MD, MS, is an emergency physician and informatician with Christchurch Hospital in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is the Annals of Emergency Medicine podcast co-host and Journal Club editor and can be found on Twitter @emlitofnote.

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