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Due to the rapid spread and increasing number of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) cases caused by a new coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), rapid and accurat...
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakCoronavirusVirologyBetacoronavirusReal-time polymerase chain reactionMedicinePneumoniaCoronavirus InfectionsPandemicBiologyDiseaseInternal medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)GeneOutbreakGenetics
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Alireza Tahamtan,
Abdollah Ardebili
(2020).
Real-time RT-PCR in COVID-19 detection: issues affecting the results.
Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics
, 20
(5)
, 453-454.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14737159.2020.1757437
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- 10.1080/14737159.2020.1757437