Viable SARS-CoV-2 in various specimens from COVID-19 patients
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.07.020
Abstract: Abstract Objectives To determine whether various clinical specimens obtained from COVID-19 patients contain the infectious virus. Methods To demonstrate whether various clinical specimens contain the viable virus, we collected naso/oropharyngeal swabs, saliva, urine, and stool… read more here.
Keywords: covid patients; viable sars; oropharyngeal swabs; sars cov ... See more keywords
Qualitative and quantitative effects of thermal treatment of naso-oropharyngeal samples before cobas SARS-CoV-2 testing
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DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2021.115519
Abstract: To improve laboratory safety we thermally treated naso-oropharyngeal samples before testing with the cobas SARS-CoV-2 assay. This study aimed to determine if thermal treatment significantly affects the qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 and the quantitative measurement… read more here.
Keywords: cobas sars; treatment; oropharyngeal samples; sars cov ... See more keywords
Naso-oropharyngeal microbiome from breast cancer patients diagnosed with COVID-19
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1074382
Abstract: Due to immunosuppressive cancer therapies, cancer patients diagnosed with COVID-19 have a higher chance of developing severe symptoms and present a higher mortality rate in comparison to the general population. Here we show a comparative… read more here.
Keywords: cancer patients; patients diagnosed; breast cancer; naso oropharyngeal ... See more keywords