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

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

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa459

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

Authors

Lee, Tau Hong^{1, 2, 3, 4}
Junhao Lin, Ray^{1, 2}
Lin, Raymond T P¹
Barkham, Timothy^{2, 4}
Rao, Pooja^{2, 3}
Leo, Yee-Sin^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
Chien Lye, David^{1, 2, 3, 4}
Young, Barnaby^{1, 2, 3}

¹ National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore. , (Singapore)
² Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. , (Singapore)
³ Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore. , (Singapore)
⁴ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore. , (Singapore)
⁵ Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, Singapore. , (Singapore)

Type

Published Article

Journal

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

Nov 19, 2020

Volume

71

Issue

16

Pages

2246–2248

Identifiers

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa459

PMID: 32306042

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Medline

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Language

English

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Abstract

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. © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: [email protected]

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

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