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Investigating the Sensitivity of Nasal or Throat Swabs: Combination of Both Swabs Increases the Sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Tests
The COVID-19 pandemic has been hallmarked by several waves of variants of concern (VoCs), each with novel challenges. Currently, the highly transmissible Omicron VoC is predominant worldwide, and sore throat is common, among other cold-like symptoms. Anecdotes on social media have suggested that sam...
Autores principales: | Goodall, Barbara L., LeBlanc, Jason J., Hatchette, Todd F., Barrett, Lisa, Patriquin, Glenn |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9430836/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35762772 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00217-22 |
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