| Title |
Equivalence of Self- and Staff-Collected Nasal Swabs for the Detection of Viral Respiratory Pathogens
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0048508 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Manas K. Akmatov, Anja Gatzemeier, Klaus Schughart, Frank Pessler |
| Abstract |
The need for the timely collection of diagnostic biosamples during symptomatic episodes represents a major obstacle to large-scale studies on acute respiratory infection (ARI) epidemiology. This may be circumvented by having the participants collect their own nasal swabs. We compared self- and staff-collected swabs in terms of swabbing quality and detection of viral respiratory pathogens. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 62 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 20 | 32% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 8 | 13% |
| Unknown | 16 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 26% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 6% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 8 | 13% |
| Unknown | 19 | 31% |