Gargle lavage as a viable alternative to swab for detection of SARS-CoV-2

Gargle lavage as a viable alternative to swab for detection of SARS-CoV-2

Background & objectives: Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swab (NPS and OPS) collection is widely accepted as the preferred method for obtaining respiratory samples. However, it has certain disadvantages which may be overcome by gargling. The primary objective of this study was to assess agreeme...

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Main Authors: Ankit Mittal, Ankesh Gupta, Shiv Kumar, Milan Surjit, Binit Singh, Manish Soneja, Kapil Dev Soni, Adil Rashid Khan, Komal Singh, Shivdas Naik, Arvind Kumar, Richa Aggarwal, Neeraj Nischal, Sanjeev Sinha, Anjan Trikha, Naveet Wig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Medical Research
Subjects:
covid-19 - gargle lavage - nasopharyngeal swab - oropharyngeal swab - sars-cov-2
Online Access:http://www.ijmr.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-5916;year=2020;volume=152;issue=1;spage=77;epage=81;aulast=Mittal

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