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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |