False negative of RT-PCR and prolonged nucleic acid conversion in COVID-19: Rather than recurrence

J Med Virol. 2020 Oct;92(10):1755-1756. doi: 10.1002/jmv.25855. Epub 2020 Jul 11.
No abstract available

Keywords: SARS coronavirus (virus classification); coronavirus (virus classification); shedding (pathogenesis).

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • COVID-19 / diagnosis*
  • COVID-19 / virology
  • False Negative Reactions
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nucleic Acids / genetics*
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • SARS-CoV-2 / genetics

Substances

  • Nucleic Acids