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Nasal-Swab Testing Misses Patients with Low SARS-CoV-2 Viral Loads

The urgent need for large-scale diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 has prompted pursuit of sample-collection methods of sufficient sensitivity to replace sampling of the nasopharynx (NP). Among these alternatives is collection of nasal-swab samples, which can be performed by the patient, avoiding the...

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Autores principales: Callahan, Cody, Lee, Rose A., Lee, Ghee Rye, Zulauf, Kate, Kirby, James E., Arnaout, Ramy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7310639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32587981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.12.20128736