[MCOH-EH] Amplicon interference with surveillance testing? NYT: These Researchers Tested Positive. But the Virus Wasn’t the Cause

[Corrigan, Mary]

Some of you, especially if performing high cadence surveillance testing, could come across  this scenario.


NY Times article:
These Researchers Tested Positive. But the Virus Wasn’t the Cause.
Several scientists working with harmless genetic material have discovered that their research may have contaminated their coronavirus tests.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/health/coronavirus-testing-lab-contamination.html


Mary Julie Corrigan, SM, CIH
Associate Director,
Harvard University
Environmental Health & Safety Department
46 Blackstone Street
Cambridge, MA. 02139
Mary_corrigan at harvard.edu




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