How home anterior self-collected nasal swab simplifies SARS-CoV-2 testing: new surveillance horizons in public health and beyond.
Virol J
; 18(1): 59, 2021 03 20.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33743711
ABSTRACT
The sample collection procedure for SARS-CoV-2 has a strong impact on diagnostic capability, contact tracing approach, ultimately affecting the infection containment performance. This study demonstrates that self-collected nasal-swab has shown to be a valid and well tolerated procedure to SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in a healthcare system. More significantly, no performance adequacy difference was detected in self-administered swabs between healthcare worker (HCW) and non-HCW which allows to speculate that this procedure could be successfully extended to the entire population for mass screening.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Specimen Handling
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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Nasal Cavity
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Virol J
Journal subject:
VIROLOGIA
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
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