Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

August 26, 2020

Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 in Children Accuracy of Nasopharyngeal Swab Compared to Nasopharyngeal Aspirate

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  • [pre-print, not peer-reviewed] Comparing the diagnostic performance of nasopharyngeal swab (NS) to nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in children (n=300 paired samples), NS was found to have a low sensitivity in detecting SARS-CoV-2 in children when referred to NPA. The authors recommend that in children under 6 years of age, NS should be the preferred test whenever possible.

Di Pietro et al. (Aug 25, 2020). Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 in Children Accuracy of Nasopharyngeal Swab Compared to Nasopharyngeal Aspirate. Pre-print downloaded Aug 26 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.20.20178012