Cotton-Tipped Plastic Swabs for SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR Diagnosis to Prevent Supply Shortages

CDC and WHO guidelines for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) diagnosis only recommend synthetic fiber swabs for nasopharyngeal (NP) sampling. We show that cotton-tipped plastic swabs do not inhibit PCR and have equivalent performance to rayon swabs. Cotton-tipped plastic s...

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izdano v:Front Cell Infect Microbiol
Main Authors: Freire-Paspuel, Byron, Vega-Mariño, Patricio, Velez, Alberto, Castillo, Paulina, Gomez-Santos, Eliana Elizabeth, Cruz, Marilyn, Garcia-Bereguiain, Miguel Angel
Format: Artigo
Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7324669/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32656101
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2020.00356
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