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Swabbing the Urban Environment - A Pipeline for Sampling and Detection of SARS-CoV-2 From Environmental Reservoirs
Published on: April 9, 2021
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1UFR Simone Veil - santé, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin-Université Paris Saclay, France; Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Boulogne Billancourt, France; Réseau Sentinelles, Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Institut Pierre Louis d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France.
No abstract available in PubMed .
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