Kappa Values in Testing the Concordance: Comments on a Recent Article about Nasopharyngeal Swabs for SARS-CoV-2 Detection.

Microbiol Spectr

Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Resistance Gene Engineering and Protection of Biodiversity in Cold Areas, Qiqihar, China.

Published: December 2022

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