Equivalence of self- and staff-collected nasal swabs for the detection of viral respiratory pathogens.
| dc.contributor.author | Akmatov, Manas K | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gatzemeier, Anja | |
| dc.contributor.author | Schughart, Klaus | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pessler, Frank | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-12-11T13:06:39Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2012-12-11T13:06:39Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Equivalence of self- and staff-collected nasal swabs for the detection of viral respiratory pathogens. 2012, 7 (11):e48508 PLoS ONE | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | en |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 23155387 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0048508 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10033/255240 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The need for the timely collection of diagnostic biosamples during symptomatic episodes represents a major obstacle to large-scale studies on acute respiratory infection (ARI) epidemiology. This may be circumvented by having the participants collect their own nasal swabs. We compared self- and staff-collected swabs in terms of swabbing quality and detection of viral respiratory pathogens. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.rights | Archived with thanks to PloS one | en_GB |
| dc.title | Equivalence of self- and staff-collected nasal swabs for the detection of viral respiratory pathogens. | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany. | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.journal | PloS one | en_GB |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-06-12T17:33:46Z | |
| html.description.abstract | The need for the timely collection of diagnostic biosamples during symptomatic episodes represents a major obstacle to large-scale studies on acute respiratory infection (ARI) epidemiology. This may be circumvented by having the participants collect their own nasal swabs. We compared self- and staff-collected swabs in terms of swabbing quality and detection of viral respiratory pathogens. |
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