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. 2020 Sep 25;1(4):495-497.
doi: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2020-0109VO.

Proper Procedures for Performing Nasopharyngeal and Oropharyngeal Swabs for COVID-19

Enrico Fazio  1 , Monir Abousiam  1 , Arianna Caselli  2 , Remo Accorona  3 , Aurel Nebiaj  1 , Ignazio Ermoli  1 , Bettina Erckert  1 , Luca Calabrese  1 , Luca Gazzini  1
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Proper Procedures for Performing Nasopharyngeal and Oropharyngeal Swabs for COVID-19

Enrico Fazio et al. ATS Sch. .
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