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. 2020 Jun 1;3(6):e2012005.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.12005.

Assessment of Sensitivity and Specificity of Patient-Collected Lower Nasal Specimens for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2Testing

Jonathan Altamirano  1 , Prasanthi Govindarajan  2 , Andra L Blomkalns  2 , Lauren E Kushner  1 , Bryan Andrew Stevens  3 , Benjamin A Pinsky  3 , Yvonne Maldonado  1
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Assessment of Sensitivity and Specificity of Patient-Collected Lower Nasal Specimens for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2Testing

Jonathan Altamirano et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

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Abstract

This prognostic study compares the diagnostic equivalence of patient-collected lower nasal specimens with that of health care worker–collected oropharyngeal specimens for sudden acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testing.

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