Combined Self-Collected Anterior Nasal and Oropharyngeal Specimens versus Provider-Collected Nasopharyngeal Swabs for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2

J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Dec 17;59(1):e02291-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02291-20. Print 2020 Dec 17.

S M Shakir^{1

2}, A P Barker^{3

2}, D R Hillyard^{3

2}, N Gilmore⁴, J W Barrett⁴, R R Orlandi⁵, K E Hanson^{2

6}

¹ Department of Pathology, Section of Clinical Microbiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA salika.shakir@aruplab.com.
² ARUP Institute of Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, Section of Clinical Microbiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
⁴ University of Utah Hospital and Clinics, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

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Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; alternative specimen; combined oropharngeal and nasal; self-collected swabs.

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