Comparison of Respiratory Specimen Collection Methods for Detection of Influenza Virus Infection by Reverse Transcription-PCR: a Literature Review.

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🤧Important review of Flu studies about yield of different techniques which may apply to COVID ?? 🦸🏾‍♀️Among studies of adults only (n=6) NP > OP 👃NP sensitivity range: 68%-94% 👅OP sensitivity: 47%-87% . Check out table 2 #COVIDLIT #educationin

@TherynK @ketaminh @j_thePA 1. flu: Nasopharyngeal wash sensitivity (gold standard) (96%) vs NP (76%) doi: 10.1128/JCM.00886-09. 2. Studies including both children and adults-variation in sensitivities of individual specimen types (range = 58 -95%). https

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