Journal
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 71, Issue 8, Pages 1980-1981Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa416
Keywords
throat washings; oropharyngeal washings; 2019 novel coronavirus; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [62043102]
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The 2019 novel coronavirus was detected in self-collected throat washings. The 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 noninvasiveness and reliability.
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