Development and Evaluation of a Flocked Nasal Midturbinate Swab for Self-Collection in Respiratory Virus Infection Diagnostic Testing Journal Articles

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ABSTRACTWe developed and evaluated flocked nasal midturbinate swabs obtained from 55 asymptomatic and 108 symptomatic volunteers. Self-collected swabs obtained from asymptomatic volunteers yielded numbers of respiratory epithelial cells comparable to those of staff-collected nasal (n= 55) or nasopharyngeal (n= 20) swabs. Specific viruses were detected in swabs self-collected by 42/108 (38.9%) symptomatic volunteers by multiplex PCR.

authors

Smieja, Marek
Castriciano, Santina
Carruthers, Susan
So, Geoffrey
Chong, Sylvia
Luinstra, Kathy
Mahony, James Benson
Petrich, Astrid
Chernesky, Max
Savarese, Mario
Triva, Daniele

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September 2010

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06 Biological Sciences (FoR)
07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences (FoR)
11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
Adult (MeSH)
Human Experimentation (MeSH)
Humans (MeSH)
Microbiology (Science Metrix)
Nasal Mucosa (MeSH)
Polymerase Chain Reaction (MeSH)
Respiratory Tract Infections (MeSH)
Self Care (MeSH)
Sensitivity and Specificity (MeSH)
Virology (MeSH)
Virus Diseases (MeSH)
Viruses (MeSH)

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Journal of Clinical Microbiology Journal