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. 2020 Apr 9:ciaa416. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa416

Effect of throat washings on detection of 2019 novel coronavirus

Wen-Liang Guo 1,#, Qian Jiang 1,#, Feng Ye 1, Shao-Qiang Li 1, Cheng Hong 1, Li-Yan Chen 1, Shi-Yue Li 1,
PMCID: PMC7184513  PMID: 32271374

Abstract

The 2019 novel coronavirus was detected in the self-collected throat washings. Positive testing rate of throat washing was much higher than that of Nasopharyngeal swabs. Throat washing is a promising candidate for 2019-nCoV screening and monitoring due to its noninvasive and reliability.

Keywords: Throat washings, Oropharyngeal Washings, 2019 novel coronavirus, diagnostics, COVID-19


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