Combined oropharyngeal/nasal swab is equivalent to nasopharyngeal sampling for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic PCR

Combined oropharyngeal/nasal swab is equivalent to nasopharyngeal sampling for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic PCR

Abstract Background Early 2020, a COVID-19 epidemic became a public health emergency of international concern. To address this pandemic broad testing with an easy, comfortable and reliable testing method is of utmost concern. Nasopharyngeal (NP) swab sampling is the reference method though hampered...

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Main Authors: Tania Desmet, Peter De Paepe, Jerina Boelens, Liselotte Coorevits, Elizaveta Padalko, Stien Vandendriessche, Isabel Leroux-Roels, Annelies Aerssens, Steven Callens, Eva Van Braeckel, Thomas Malfait, Frank Vermassen, Bruno Verhasselt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Combined oropharyngeal/nasal swab
SARS-CoV-2
nasopharyngeal swab
rRT-PCR
COVID-19.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-021-02087-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-021-02087-4

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