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Comparing unsupervised midnasal swabs collected at home with clinician-collected nasopharyngeal swab

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

What The Study Did: Unsupervised home self-collected midnasal swabs are compared with clinician-collected nasopharyngeal swabs for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in this diagnostic study.

Authors: Denise J. McCulloch, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Washington in Seattle, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.16382)

Editor's Note: The article includes funding/support and conflict of interest disclosures. Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, conflicts of interest and financial disclosures, and funding and support.

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