Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 viral loads in combined nasal-and-throat swabs collected from COVID-19 individuals under the Universal Community Testing Programme in Hong Kong

BACKGROUND: Combined nasal-and-throat swabs (CNTS) is less invasive and easy to execute. CNTS also induces lower risk to healthcare workers upon collection. However, there is a lack of data on viral load assessment for population-wide testing. OBJECTIVE: This study assessed if CNTS is suitable as an...

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Autores principales: Mak, Gannon C.K., Ng, Anita Y.Y., Lam, Edman T.K., Chan, Rickjason C.W., Tsang, Dominic N.C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2022
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8629508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34856306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2021.114396

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8629508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34856306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2021.114396

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