Prospective, clinical comparison of self-collected throat-bilateral nares swabs and saline gargle compared to health care provider collected nasopharyngeal swabs among symptomatic outpatients with potential SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Eric M HempelAamir BharmalGuiyun LiAileen MinhasRamndip MananKathy DoullLynsey HamiltonBranco CheungMichael ChanKingsley GunadasaRon ChowTracy LeeFrankie TsangMel KrajdenKaren MooderTrushna KassanNatalie PrystajeckyAgatha JassemLinda Mn Hoang

Published in: Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada (2024)

TN provides another less invasive self-collection modality for symptomatic outpatient SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing.

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