Comparison of Unsupervised Home Self-collected Midnasal Swabs With Clinician-Collected Nasopharyngeal Swabs for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
cross_sectional · Level IV
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 32697321.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.16382 and PMC identifier 7376392.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
This diagnostic study compares unsupervised home self-collected midnasal swabs vs clinician-collected nasopharyngeal swabs for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
Medical subject headings
- Betacoronavirus
- Coronavirus Infections
- Pneumonia, Viral
- Specimen Handling