False-negative results of initial RT-PCR assays for COVID-19: A systematic review

Arévalo-Rodríguez, Ingrid; Buitrago‐García, Diana; Simancas‐Racines, Daniel; Zambrano-Achig, Paula; Del Campo, Rosa; Ciapponi, Agustín; Sued, Omar; Martínez-García, Laura; WS Rutjes, Anne; Low, Nicola; M. Bossuyt, Patrick; A. Pérez‐Molina, José; Zamora, Javier

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0242958

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False-negative results of initial RT-PCR assays for COVID-19: A systematic review

Published in PLoS ONE • Dec 10, 2020

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Ingrid Arévalo-Rodríguez

Diana Buitrago‐García

Daniel Simancas‐Racines

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A false-negative case of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is defined as a person with suspected infection and an initial negative result by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test, with a positive result on a subsequent test. Fa...

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

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