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. 2021 Apr 20;59(5):e03073-20.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.03073-20. Print 2021 Apr 20.

Comparable Specimen Collection from Both Ends of At-Home Midturbinate Swabs

Melissa Truong #  1 , Brian Pfau #  1 , Evan McDermot #  1 , Peter D Han #  1 , Elisabeth Brandstetter  2 , Matthew Richardson  2 , Ashley E Kim  2 , Mark J Rieder  1   2 , Helen Y Chu  1   2 , Janet A Englund  1   3 , Deborah A Nickerson  1   2 , Jay Shendure  1   2   4 , Christina M Lockwood  1   2 , Eric Q Konnick  1   2 , Lea M Starita  5   2
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Comparable Specimen Collection from Both Ends of At-Home Midturbinate Swabs

Melissa Truong et al. J Clin Microbiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; at-home; self-swab.

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FIG 1
FIG 1
(A) A midturbinate swab (Copan 56380CS01), underlined handle or swab, was placed in UTM by participants. (B) Crt values from all samples with RNase P detected; dashed line indicates detection limit. (C) Crt values for human RNase P among batches of specimens (arranged on the x axis by date) where at least one handle specimen was used.
FIG 2
FIG 2
(A) Age of participants. (B) Self-reported confidence in specimen collection. (C) Self-reported discomfort during specimen collection by which end of the swab was used.
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