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Throat and nasal swabs for molecular detection of respiratory viruses in acute pharyngitis

BACKGROUND: Detection of specific respiratory viruses is important for surveillance programs, where nasopharyngeal or nasal swabs have traditionally been used. Our objective was to determine whether sampling with a throat swab provides incremental benefit—when used in conjunction with a nasal swab—t...

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Published in:Virol J
Main Authors: Ali, Mohsin, Han, Sangsu, Gunst, Chris J., Lim, Steve, Luinstra, Kathy, Smieja, Marek
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4625558/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26511714
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12985-015-0408-z
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