Detection of SARS-CoV-2 from combined nasal/rectal swabs

Adriana M Airo¹, Kevin R Barker^{1

2}, Matthew P Muller^{1

3

4}, Linda R Taggart^{3

4}, Karel Boissinot⁵, Ramzi Fattouh^{1

5}, Bridget Tam⁵, Larissa M Matukas^{1

3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Division of Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Adriana M Airo et al. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 9;3(1):e7.

doi: 10.1017/ash.2022.321. eCollection 2023.

Adriana M Airo¹, Kevin R Barker^{1

2}, Matthew P Muller^{1

3

4}, Linda R Taggart^{3

4}, Karel Boissinot⁵, Ramzi Fattouh^{1

5}, Bridget Tam⁵, Larissa M Matukas^{1

3

4

5}

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Division of Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

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