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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier B.V.
2022
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| 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 |