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We thank all the participants and their families for participating in this study. This work was supported by the grants from Sichuan Science and Technology Program (2020YFS0014 and 2020YFS0558), the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2019-I2M-5-032) and Technology & Science & Technology Bureau of Chengdu (2020-YF05-00060-SN and 2020-YF05-00075-SN).
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Zhong, L., Chuan, J., Gong, B. et al. Detection of serum IgM and IgG for COVID-19 diagnosis. Sci. China Life Sci. 63, 777–780 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-020-1688-9
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