False negative rate of COVID-19 PCR testing: a discordant testing analysis - Kanji, Jamil N.; Zelyas, Nathan; MacDonald, Clayton; Pabbaraju, Kanti; Khan, Muhammad Naeem; Prasad, Abhaya; Hu, Jia; Diggle, Mathew; Berenger, Byron M.; Tipples, Graham (Virology journal, 2021)
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