Letter to the editor
Annika Linde, Amelie Plymoth Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden It was with great interest that we noticed that other researchers are also interested in participant-collected nasal swabs to detect pathogens in acute respir...
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description | Annika Linde, Amelie Plymoth Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden It was with great interest that we noticed that other researchers are also interested in participant-collected nasal swabs to detect pathogens in acute respiratory infections, and we welcome the findings presented in the study by Vargas et al.1 Of importance is that already in the beginning of 2015, we showed in our research work that nasal self-sampling is feasible in large-scale surveillance of respiratory infections.2 View the original paper by Vargas and colleagues. |
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spelling | doaj.art-0f43fbbf94e04513a3dfa01f60cd49492022-12-21T22:52:41ZengDove Medical PressClinical Epidemiology1179-13492016-08-012016Issue 129529628295Letter to the editorLinde APlymoth AAnnika Linde, Amelie Plymoth Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden It was with great interest that we noticed that other researchers are also interested in participant-collected nasal swabs to detect pathogens in acute respiratory infections, and we welcome the findings presented in the study by Vargas et al.1 Of importance is that already in the beginning of 2015, we showed in our research work that nasal self-sampling is feasible in large-scale surveillance of respiratory infections.2 View the original paper by Vargas and colleagues. https://www.dovepress.com/111574-letter-to-the-editor-peer-reviewed-article-CLEPself-sampling |
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title | Letter to the editor |
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title_short | Letter to the editor |
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topic | self-sampling |
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