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      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.

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          In British Columbia (BC), self-collected saline gargle (SG) is the only alternative to health care provider (HCP)-collected nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs to detect SARS-CoV-2 in an outpatient setting by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). However, some individuals cannot perform a SG. Our study aimed to assess combined throat-bilateral nares (TN) swabbing as a swab-based alternative.

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          Journal
          J Assoc Med Microbiol Infect Dis Can
          Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada
          University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
          2371-0888
          2371-0888
          Jan 2024
          : 8
          : 4
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
          [2 ] British Columbia Centre for Disease Control Public Health Response, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
          [3 ] School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
          [4 ] Fraser Health Authority, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
          [5 ] British Columbia Centre for Disease Control Knowledge Translation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
          [6 ] British Columbia Centre for Disease Control Public Health Laboratory, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
          [7 ] Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
          Article
          10.3138/jammi-2023-0002
          10797771
          38250616
          29b15c0b-ff4d-4aaa-8c81-d15769910354
          History

          COVID-19,throat-bilateral nares,self-collection,saline gargle,outpatient SARS-CoV-2,diagnostics,PCR,OMICRON,NAT

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