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Maybe. More likely a false positive? Hopefully they repeated and followed up with tests from other providers to confirm.

• prmph 6y ago
  From the article: > Each sample was retested several times to ensure that there were no errors, he added
  • lbeltrame 6y ago
    According to the published report, it was also done by two different laboratories and staff. Of course the false positive hypothesis can't be excluded, but the radiographies show the characteristic glass-like pattern of this viral pneumonia.
  • hanuman 6y ago
    I still think a contaminated sample is more likely, all else being equal. Not saying this is impossible, but would like to see at least a few other cases this early. If this patient had not been to China then there must be some. And if this turns out to be a true positive then it indicates the virus is so contagious that it spread that far and wide, that quickly, that overall infection must be much more widespread than is thought.
    • Moru 6y ago
      His wife worked together with people from China.