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Self-Collected Nasal Swabs for Respiratory Virus Surveillance

2015; Oxford University Press; Volume: 2; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/ofid/ofv152

2328-8957

Michael L. Jackson, Matthew Nguyen, Beth Kirlin, Lawrence Madziwa,

Data-Driven Disease Surveillance

Abstract We tested whether 135 patients reporting acute respiratory illness (ARI) could self-collect nasal swab specimens and ship them for laboratory testing. Most subjects (78.2%) collected and shipped their specimens without errors; 10.5% excluded ≥1 packing components; 12.9% made ≥1 packing errors. Self-swabbing at home is feasible for confirming ARI etiology.