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. 2015 Feb;70(2):207-10.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.08.011. Epub 2014 Sep 1.

Comparison of nasal swabs with throat swabs for the detection of respiratory viruses by real-time reverse transcriptase PCR in adult Hajj pilgrims

Samir Benkouiten  1 , Philippe Gautret  2 , Khadidja Belhouchat  3 , Tassadit Drali  3 , Antoine Nougairede  4 , Nicolas Salez  4 , Ziad A Memish  5 , Malak Al Masri  6 , Didier Raoult  1 , Philippe Brouqui  1 , Philippe Parola  1 , Rémi N Charrel  4
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Comparison of nasal swabs with throat swabs for the detection of respiratory viruses by real-time reverse transcriptase PCR in adult Hajj pilgrims

Samir Benkouiten et al. J Infect. 2015 Feb.
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Prevalence of at least one respiratory virus in paired nasal and throat swab specimens collected from the study participants.
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