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. 2020 Nov 5;131(6):E2074–E2079. doi: 10.1002/lary.29236

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© 2021 The Authors. The Laryngoscope published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society Inc, "The Triological Society" and American Laryngological Association (ALA).

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Fig. 1 — Incidence of upper respiratory infections (URIs) in the outpatient otolaryngology population. (A) A total of 164 patients underwent intra‐operative URI testing by nasopharyngeal PCR. Twenty eight patients had no detectable respiratory pathogens, whereas 136 patients tested positive for one or more URIs. (B) Distribution of number of URI species detected within the cohort. (C) Infection rate per month of analysis. (D) Number of patients testing positive for each URI present on the panel or for SARS‐CoV‐2.