Concordance between RT-PCR-based detection of respiratory viruses from nasal swabs collected for viral testing and nasopharyngeal swabs collected for bacterial testing

BACKGROUND: Epidemiologic studies of respiratory infections frequently rely on separate sample collections for the detection of bacteria and viruses. The requirement for two specimens presents cost, logistical, and acceptability challenges. OBJECTIVES: To determine the agreement in detection of resp...

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Main Authors: Grijalva, Carlos G., Griffin, Marie R., Edwards, Kathryn M., Johnson, Monika, Gil, Ana I., Verastegui, Héctor, Lanata, Claudio F., Williams, John V.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4055503/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24875136
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2014.04.011
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