Comparable Specimen Collection from Both Ends of At-Home Midturbinate Swabs

J Clin Microbiol. 2021 Apr 20;59(5):e03073-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03073-20. Print 2021 Apr 20.

Authors

Melissa Truong^#¹, Brian Pfau^#¹, Evan McDermot^#¹, Peter D Han^#¹, Elisabeth Brandstetter², Matthew Richardson², Ashley E Kim², Mark J Rieder^{1

2}, Helen Y Chu^{1

2}, Janet A Englund^{1

3}, Deborah A Nickerson^{1

2}, Jay Shendure^{1

2

4}, Christina M Lockwood^{1

2}, Eric Q Konnick^{1

2}, Lea M Starita^{5

2}

Affiliations

¹ Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.
² University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
³ Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁴ Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁵ Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA lstarita@uw.edu.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; at-home; self-swab.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Humans
Nasopharynx*
Specimen Handling / standards*

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