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Polyester nasal swabs collected in a dry tube are a robust and inexpensive, minimal self-collection kit for SARS-CoV-2 testing

BACKGROUND: In order to identify an inexpensive yet highly stable SARS-CoV-2 collection device as an alternative to foam swabs stored in transport media, both contrived (“surrogate”) CoV-positive and patient-collected spun polyester swabs stored in dry tubes were evaluated for time- and temperature-...

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Autores principales: Padgett, Leah R., Kennington, Lauren A., Ahls, Charlotte L., Samarasinghe, Delini K., Tu, Yuan-Po, Wallander, Michelle L., Cooper, Shawna D., Elliott, James S., Rains, Douglas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8046217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33852576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245423