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FebriDx host-response point-of-care testing improves patient triage for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the emergency department

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 May 2022

Madeline A. DiLorenzo  and
Elissa M. Schechter-Perkins Open the ORCID record for Elissa M. Schechter-Perkins [Opens in a new window]
Madeline A. DiLorenzo
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
Elissa M. Schechter-Perkins*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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Author for correspondence: Elissa M. Schechter-Perkins, E-mail: elissa.perkins@bmc.org
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 43 , Issue 8 , August 2022 , pp. 1049 - 1050
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