How home anterior self-collected nasal swab simplifies SARS-CoV-2 testing: new surveillance horizons in public health and beyond

How home anterior self-collected nasal swab simplifies SARS-CoV-2 testing: new surveillance horizons in public health and beyond

Abstract The sample collection procedure for SARS-CoV-2 has a strong impact on diagnostic capability, contact tracing approach, ultimately affecting the infection containment performance. This study demonstrates that self-collected nasal-swab has shown to be a valid and well tolerated procedure to S...

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Main Authors: Silvia Ricci, Lorenzo Lodi, Francesco Citera, Francesco Nieddu, Maria Moriondo, Valentina Guarnieri, Mattia Giovannini, Giuseppe Indolfi, Massimo Resti, Alberto Zanobini, Chiara Azzari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:Virology Journal
Subjects:
Self-swab
Nasal-swab
SARS-CoV-2 testing
Surveillance
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-021-01533-z

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-021-01533-z

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