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How to perform a nasopharyngeal swab in adults and children in the COVID-19 era

The nasopharyngeal swab is currently the main testing method used to diagnose COVID-19. The principle is to collect respiratory cells infected by the virus and to use the RT-PCR (Reverse Transcription - Polymerase Chain Reaction) technique to detect the RNA of the virus. The false negative rate is h...

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Autores principales: Pondaven-Letourmy, S., Alvin, F., Boumghit, Y., Simon, F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Masson SAS. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7274641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32646750
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anorl.2020.06.001