Comparison of nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs for the diagnosis of eight respiratory viruses by real-time reverse transcription-PCR assays.

Comparison of nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs for the diagnosis of eight respiratory viruses by real-time reverse transcription-PCR assays.

BACKGROUND: Many acute respiratory illness surveillance systems collect and test nasopharyngeal (NP) and/or oropharyngeal (OP) swab specimens, yet there are few studies assessing the relative measures of performance for NP versus OP specimens. METHODS: We collected paired NP and OP swabs separately...

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Main Authors: Curi Kim, Jamal A Ahmed, Rachel B Eidex, Raymond Nyoka, Lilian W Waiboci, Dean Erdman, Adan Tepo, Abdirahman S Mahamud, Wamburu Kabura, Margaret Nguhi, Philip Muthoka, Wagacha Burton, Robert F Breiman, M Kariuki Njenga, Mark A Katz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3128075?pdf=render

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