Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

March 16, 2020

Experience of different upper respiratory tract sampling strategies for detection of COVID-19

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  • The authors measure the sensitivity and specificity of throat and lingual swabs for the detection of COVID-19 based on a cohort study of two groups of suspected patients at 2 COVID-19 fixed-point hospitals in Wuhan. The positive rate of throat swabs was higher than lingual swabs; however due to the small sample size the findings should be used with caution.

Ye et al. (Mar 6, 2020). Experience of different upper respiratory tract sampling strategies for detection of COVID-19. Journal of Hospital Infection. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2020.03.012