Assessment of Sensitivity and Specificity of Patient-Collected Lower Nasal Specimens for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2Testing.

Altamirano, Jonathan; Govindarajan, Prasanthi; Blomkalns, Andra L; Kushner, Lauren E; Stevens, Bryan Andrew; Pinsky, Benjamin A; Maldonado, Yvonne · JAMA Netw Open · 2020

case_control · Level III

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Abstract

This prognostic study compares the diagnostic equivalence of patient-collected lower nasal specimens with that of health care worker–collected oropharyngeal specimens for sudden acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testing.

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