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Evaluation of cycle threshold to assist with safe return to work for healthcare workers with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2022

Laura M. Selby*
Affiliation:
Division of infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Angela Hewlett
Affiliation:
Division of infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Macy G. Wood
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Richard Starlin
Affiliation:
Division of infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
*
Author for correspondence: Laura M. Selby, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 984031 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-4031. E-mail: lauramselby@gmail.com

Abstract

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Research Brief
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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