Epidemiological Significance of SARS-CoV-2 RNA Dynamic in Naso-Pharyngeal Swabs
From 16 March to 15 December 2020, 132,357 naso-pharyngeal/oropharyngeal swabs were collected in the province of Teramo, Abruzzo Region, Italy, and tested for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 genomic RNA by a commercially available molecular assay. A total of 12,880 swabs resulted positive. For 8212 posit...
Main Authors: | Paolo Calistri, Maria Luisa Danzetta, Laura Amato, Francesca Cito, Alessandra Di Giuseppe, Valentina Zenobio, Daniela Morelli, Ilaria Puglia, Marialuigia Caporale, Silvia Scialabba, Giovanni Savini, Giacomo Migliorati, Nicola D’Alterio, Alessio Lorusso |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-06-01
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Series: | Microorganisms |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/9/6/1264 |
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