Current and innovative methods for the diagnosis of COVID‑19 infection (Review)
- Authors:
- Luca Falzone
- Giuseppe Gattuso
- Aristidis Tsatsakis
- Demetrios A. Spandidos
- Massimo Libra
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Affiliations: Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, National Cancer Institute‑IRCCS ‘Fondazione G. Pascale’, I‑80131 Naples, Italy, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, I‑95123 Catania, Italy, Department of Forensic Sciences and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Medical School, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece - Published online on: April 12, 2021 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2021.4933
- Article Number: 100
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Copyright: © Falzone et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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