Effect of Throat Washings on Detection of 2019 Novel Coronavirus-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Effect of Throat Washings on Detection of 2019 Novel Coronavirus

Published:2020-04-09 Issue:8 Volume:71 Page:1980-1981
ISSN:1058-4838
Container-title:Clinical Infectious Diseases
language:en
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Author:

Guo Wen-Liang¹,Jiang Qian¹,Ye Feng¹,Li Shao-Qiang¹,Hong Cheng¹,Chen Li-Yan¹,Li Shi-Yue¹

Affiliation:

1. State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Abstract

Abstract The 2019 novel coronavirus was detected in self-collected throat washings. The positive testing rate of throat washing was much higher than that of nasopharyngeal swabs. Throat washing is a promising candidate for 2019-nCoV screening and monitoring due to its noninvasiveness and reliability.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical)

Link

http://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa416/33374588/ciaa416.pdf

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