Equivalence of Self- and Staff-Collected Nasal Swabs for the Detection of Viral Respiratory Pathogens

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Akmatov, Manas K ^a   Gatzemeier, Anja ^a   Schughart, Klaus ^a,b   Pessler, Frank ^a,c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOEQUIVALENCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORONAVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NOSE SMEAR; PATHOGENESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOVIRUS; SAMPLING; SELF COLLECTED NOSE SMEAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAFF COLLECTED NOSE SMEAR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREND STUDY; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

CORONAVIRUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; NOSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RHINOVIRUS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

CORONAVIRUS; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS SP.;

EID: 84869140365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048508     Document Type: Article

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