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Gargle lavage as a viable alternative to swab for detection of SARS-CoV-2

Gargle lavage as a viable alternative to swab for detection of SARS-CoV-2

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Gargle lavage as a viable alternative to swab for detection of SARS-CoV-2

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Gargle lavage as a viable alternative to swab for detection of SARS-CoV-2

Publisher

India: Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd

Journal title

Indian journal of medical research (New Delhi, India : 1994), 2020-07, Vol.152 (1), p.77-81

Language

English

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Publisher

India: Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Background & objectives: Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swab (NPS and OPS) collection is widely accepted as the preferred method for obtaining respiratory samples. However, it has certain disadvantages which may be overcome by gargling. The primary objective of this study was to assess agreement between gargle lavage and swab as an appropriate re...

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Full title

Gargle lavage as a viable alternative to swab for detection of SARS-CoV-2

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7853282

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7853282

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ISSN

0971-5916

E-ISSN

0975-9174

DOI

10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2987_20

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