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Evaluation on testing of deep throat saliva and lower respiratory tract specimens with Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 assay

BACKGROUND: Xpert® Xpress SARS-CoV-2 assay is only validated on nasopharyngeal specimens for detection of SARS-CoV-2. Other specimen types such as deep throat saliva (DTS), also known as posterior oropharyngeal saliva and lower-respiratorytract specimens (LRT) including sputum, tracheal aspirate and...

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Autores principales: Wong, River Chun-Wai, Wong, Ann Han, Ho, Yolanda Iok-Ieng, Leung, Eddie Chi-Man, Lai, Raymond Wai-Man
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7429071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32823131
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2020.104593