Sample adequacy controls for infectious disease diagnosis by oral swabbing.

Oral swabs are emerging as a non-invasive sample type for diagnosing infectious diseases including Ebola, tuberculosis (TB), and COVID-19. To assure proper sample collection, sample adequacy controls (SACs) are needed that detect substances indicative of samples collected within the oral cavity. Thi...

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Main Authors: Meagan Deviaene, Kris M Weigel, Rachel C Wood, Angelique K K Luabeya, Lisa Jones-Engel, Mark Hatherill, Gerard A Cangelosi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241542