Underperformance of Reverse-Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction in Japan and Potential Implications From Diamond Princess Cruise Ship and Other Countries During the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic

Int J Health Policy Manag. 2020 Nov 1;9(11):498-500. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.109.

Kana Yamamoto^{1

2}, Akihiko Ozaki^{2

3}, Yuki Senoo², Toyoaki Sawano⁴, Tetsuya Tanimoto², Ranjit Sah⁵, Jiwei Wang⁶

¹ Department of Reproductive, Developmental and Aging Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
² Medical Governance Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Breast Surgery, Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation, Fukushima, Japan.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Sendai City Medical Center, Miyagi, Japan.
⁵ Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal.
⁶ School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

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