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- Title
Comparison of nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs for the diagnosis of eight respiratory viruses by real-time reverse transcription-PCR assays.
- Authors
Kim, Curi; Ahmed, Jamal A; Eidex, Rachel B; Nyoka, Raymond; Waiboci, Lilian W; Erdman, Dean; Tepo, Adan; Mahamud, Abdirahman S; Kabura, Wamburu; Nguhi, Margaret; Muthoka, Philip; Burton, Wagacha; Breiman, Robert F; Njenga, M Kariuki; Katz, Mark A
- Abstract
Many acute respiratory illness surveillance systems collect and test nasopharyngeal (NP) and/or oropharyngeal (OP) swab specimens, yet there are few studies assessing the relative measures of performance for NP versus OP specimens.
- Publication
PloS one, 2011, Vol 6, Issue 6, pe21610
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0021610