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				<PublisherName>Kerman University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
				<JournalTitle>International Journal of Health Policy and Management</JournalTitle>
				<Issn>2322-5939</Issn>
				<Volume>9</Volume>
				<Issue>11</Issue>
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					<Year>2020</Year>
					<Month>11</Month>
					<Day>01</Day>
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<ArticleTitle>Underperformance of Reverse-Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction in Japan and Potential Implications From Diamond Princess Cruise Ship and Other Countries During the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic</ArticleTitle>
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					<FirstName>Kana</FirstName>
					<LastName>Yamamoto</LastName>

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						<Affiliation>Department of Reproductive, Developmental and Aging Sciences, Graduate
School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan</Affiliation>
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						<Affiliation>Medical Governance
Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan</Affiliation>
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					<FirstName>Akihiko</FirstName>
					<LastName>Ozaki</LastName>

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						<Affiliation>Medical Governance
Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan</Affiliation>
						</AffiliationInfo>

						<AffiliationInfo>
						<Affiliation>Department of Breast Surgery,
Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation, Fukushima, Japan</Affiliation>
						</AffiliationInfo>
<Identifier Source="ORCID">0000-0003-4415-9657</Identifier>

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<Author>
					<FirstName>Yuki</FirstName>
					<LastName>Senoo</LastName>
<Affiliation>Medical Governance
Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan</Affiliation>
<Identifier Source="ORCID">0000-0001-7289-5016</Identifier>

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<Author>
					<FirstName>Toyoaki</FirstName>
					<LastName>Sawano</LastName>
<Affiliation>Department
of Surgery, Sendai City Medical Center, Miyagi, Japan</Affiliation>
<Identifier Source="ORCID">0000-0002-1482-6618</Identifier>

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<Author>
					<FirstName>Tetsuya</FirstName>
					<LastName>Tanimoto</LastName>
<Affiliation>Medical Governance
Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan</Affiliation>
<Identifier Source="ORCID">0000-0002-9818-8587</Identifier>

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<Author>
					<FirstName>Ranjit</FirstName>
					<LastName>Sah</LastName>
<Affiliation>Tribhuvan
University Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal</Affiliation>

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<Author>
					<FirstName>Jiwei</FirstName>
					<LastName>Wang</LastName>
<Affiliation>School of Public Health,
Fudan University, Shanghai, China</Affiliation>

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					<Year>2020</Year>
					<Month>05</Month>
					<Day>11</Day>
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