Identification of Respiratory Viruses in Adults: Nasopharyngeal versus Oropharyngeal Sampling

The optimal method for identifying respiratory viruses in adults has not been established. The objective of the study was to compare the sensitivities of three sampling methods for this purpose. One thousand participants (mean age, 63.1 ± 17.8 years) were included. Of these, 550 were patients hospit...

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Main Authors: Lieberman, David, Lieberman, Devora, Shimoni, Avi, Keren-Naus, Ayelet, Steinberg, Rachel, Shemer-Avni, Yonat
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2009
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Virology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2772616/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19726607
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00886-09
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