Comparable detection of nasopharyngeal swabs and induced sputum specimens for viral nucleic acid detection of suspected novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) patients in Fayoum governorate, Egypt

Comparable detection of nasopharyngeal swabs and induced sputum specimens for viral nucleic acid detection of suspected novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) patients in Fayoum governorate, Egypt

Abstract Background The most commonly utilized samples for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) detection using real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) are nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) and oropharyngeal swabs. However, there are some dra...

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Main Authors: Doaa Y. Ali, Rasha A. Hussein, Shahira Morsy ELshafie, Reem Amgad Mohamed, Fadwa Abd El Reheem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-05-01
Series:Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences
Subjects:
Induced sputum
Nasopharyngeal swab
SARS-CoV-2
RT-qPCR
Viral load
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43088-023-00379-4

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