Comparison between mid-nasal swabs and buccal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 detection in mild COVID-19 patients

Ignacio Blanco; Concepción Violán; Clara Suñer; Julio Garcia-Prieto; Maria José Argerich; Meritxell Rodriguez-Illana; Nemesio Moreno; Pere Joan Cardona; Anna Blanco; Pere Torán-Monserrat; Bonaventura Clotet; Josep M. Bonet; Nuria Prat

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2022.02.008

Comparison between mid-nasal swabs and buccal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 detection in mild COVID-19 patients

Ignacio Blanco^*, Concepción Violán, Clara Suñer, Julio Garcia-Prieto, Maria José Argerich, Meritxell Rodriguez-Illana, Nemesio Moreno, Pere Joan Cardona, Anna Blanco, Pere Torán-Monserrat, Bonaventura Clotet, Josep M. Bonet, Nuria Prat

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e78-e79
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of infection
Volume	84
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2022.02.008
Publication status	Published - May 2022

Keywords

Ag-RDT
Buccal swab
Nasal swab
SARS-CoV-2
Screening
Viral load

UN SDGs

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Blanco, I., Violán, C., Suñer, C., Garcia-Prieto, J., Argerich, M. J., Rodriguez-Illana, M., Moreno, N., Cardona, P. J., Blanco, A., Torán-Monserrat, P., Clotet, B., Bonet, J. M., & Prat, N. (2022). Comparison between mid-nasal swabs and buccal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 detection in mild COVID-19 patients. Journal of infection, 84(5), e78-e79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2022.02.008

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Comparison between mid-nasal swabs and buccal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 detection in mild COVID-19 patients

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