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Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a worldwide shortage of nasopharyngeal swabs and universal transport media. This study evaluated a combined oropharynx/nares (OP/Na) sample collection using two readily-available non-flocked… Click to show full abstract
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a worldwide shortage of nasopharyngeal swabs and universal transport media. This study evaluated a combined oropharynx/nares (OP/Na) sample collection using two readily-available non-flocked swabs, transported in phosphate-buffered saline, and demonstrates equivalent performance in SARS-CoV-2 detection compared to a previously-validated OP/Na collection kit.
Keywords:
exploring alternative;
swabs use;
alternative swabs;
cov detection;
sars cov
Journal Title: Journal of Virological Methods
Year Published: 2020
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Journal Title: Journal of Virological Methods
Year Published: 2020
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