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    "pk": 13670,
    "title": "The Appropriate Use of Testing for COVID-19",
    "subtitle": null,
    "abstract": "Many public officials are calling for increased testing for the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and some governments have taken extraordinary measures to increase the availability of testing. However, little has been published about the sensitivity and specificity of the reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) nasopharyngeal swabs that are commonly used for testing. This narrative review evaluates the literature regarding the accuracy of these tests, and makes recommendations based on this literature. In brief, a negative RT-PCR nasopharyngeal swab test is insufficient to rule out COVID-19. Thus, over-reliance on the results of the test may be dangerous, and the push for widespread testing may be overstated.",
    "language": "en",
    "license": {
        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "COVID-19"
        },
        {
            "word": "coronavirus"
        },
        {
            "word": "testing"
        },
        {
            "word": "PCR"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Endemic Infections",
    "is_remote": true,
    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1gh0z5t0",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Tony",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Zitek",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Kendall Regional Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Miami, Florida\nNova Southeastern University, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, Davie, Florida",
            "department": "None"
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": "2020-03-23T17:50:49+01:00",
    "date_accepted": "2020-03-23T17:50:49+01:00",
    "date_published": "2020-04-13T22:46:45+02:00",
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}