No evidence of SARS-CoV-2 circulation before identification of the first Swiss SARS-CoV-2 case

• Retrospective RT-PCR was performed for SARS-CoV-2 on frozen nasopharyngeal swabs of patients with lower respiratory tract infections collected in Western Switzerland between November 2019 and March 2020; • No case was identified before the first officially diagnosed cases; • This suggests that the...

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Autores principales: Lhopitallier, Loïc, Brahier, Thomas, Opota, Onya, Kronenberg, Andreas, Mueller, Yolanda, Hügli, Olivier, Jaton, Katia, Boillat-Blanco, Noémie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd and International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7365111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32682947
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.106100
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Sumario:• Retrospective RT-PCR was performed for SARS-CoV-2 on frozen nasopharyngeal swabs of patients with lower respiratory tract infections collected in Western Switzerland between November 2019 and March 2020; • No case was identified before the first officially diagnosed cases; • This suggests that the targeted screening approach was adequate when faced with difficulties in upscaling testing capacity.

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