A comparison of health care worker-collected foam and polyester nasal swabs in convalescent COVID-19 patients.

Both polyester and foam nasal swabs were collected from convalescent COVID-19 patients at a single visit and stored in viral transport media (VTM), saline or dry. Sensitivity of each swab material and media combination were estimated, three by three tables were constructed to measure polyester and f...

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Main Authors: Brian Hart, Yuan-Po Tu, Rachel Jennings, Prateek Verma, Leah R Padgett, Douglas Rains, Deneen Vojta, Ethan M Berke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241100