Patterns of repeated diagnostic testing for COVID-19 in relation to patient characteristics and outcomes.

Stephen SalernoZ ZhaoS Prabhu SankarM SalvatoreTian GuL G FritscheS LeeL D LisabethT S ValleyBhramar Mukherjee

Published in: Journal of internal medicine (2020)

Whilst most patients were tested once and received a negative result, a meaningful subset underwent multiple rounds of testing. These results shed light on testing patterns and have important implications for understanding the variation of repeated testing results within and between patients.

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