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Dacron swab and PBS are acceptable alternatives to flocked swab and viral transport media for SARS-CoV-2
Nasopharyngeal flocked swabs placed in viral transport media (VTM) are the preferred collection methodology for respiratory virus testing. Due to the rapid depletion of available reagents and swabs, we have validated an alternative swab placed in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) for use in respirator...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier Biomedical
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7492856/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33080426 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115209 |