Self-collected anterior nasal and saliva specimens versus health care worker-collected nasopharyngeal swabs for the molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2

KE Hanson, AP Barker, DR Hillyard… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
We prospectively compared health care worker-collected nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) to
self-collected anterior nasal swabs (ANS) and straight saliva for the diagnosis of coronavirus …

A practical approach to hospital visitation during a pandemic: responding with compassion to unjustified restrictions

K Jones-Bonofiglio, N Nortjé, L Webster… - American Journal of Critical …, 2021 - AACN
During the COVID-19 pandemic, evidence-based resources have been sought to support
decision-making and strategically inform hospitals' policies, procedures, and practices …

Sensitivity and specificity of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen detection tests using oral, anterior nasal, and nasopharyngeal swabs: a diagnostic accuracy study

M Wölfl-Duchek, F Bergmann, A Jorda… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The objective of our study was to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of rapid antigen
detection tests versus those of reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) using oral, anterior …

Analytical sensitivity of the Abbott BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag card

GA Perchetti, ML Huang, MG Mills… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Multiple rapid antigen (Ag) tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) have recently received emergency-use authorization (EUA) from the US Food and …

[PDF][PDF] Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2: interim guidance, 11 September 2020

World Health Organization - 2020 - apps.who.int
This document provides interim guidance to laboratories and other stakeholders involved in
diagnostics for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It covers …

[HTML][HTML] IFCC interim guidelines on molecular testing of SARS-CoV-2 infection

MK Bohn, N Mancini, TP Loh, CB Wang… - Clinical Chemistry and …, 2020 - degruyter.com
The diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection
globally has relied extensively on molecular testing, contributing vitally to case identification …

SARS-CoV-2 and HIV: Epidemiology, Treatment, and Lessons Learned from HIV.

AD Castel, B Wilbourn, M Magnus… - AIDS …, 2020 - search.ebscohost.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the cause of COVID-19,
was first detected in China in December 2019 and has rapidly spread throughout the world …

Rapid and sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection using quantitative peptide enrichment LC-MS analysis

A Hober, KH Tran-Minh, D Foley, T McDonald… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Reliable, robust, large-scale molecular testing for SARS-CoV-2 is essential for monitoring
the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. We have developed a scalable analytical approach to …

Concordance of SARS-CoV-2 results in self-collected nasal swabs vs swabs collected by health care workers in children and adolescents

JJ Waggoner, MB Vos, EA Tyburski, PV Nguyen… - JAMA, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Despite the expansion of SARS-CoV-2 testing, available tests have not received
Emergency Use Authorization for performance with self-collected anterior nares (nasal) …

[HTML][HTML] Influenza and respiratory virus surveillance, vaccine uptake, and effectiveness at a time of cocirculating COVID-19: protocol for the English primary care …

S De Lusignan, JL Bernal, R Byford… - JMIR public health …, 2021 - publichealth.jmir.org
Background: The Oxford–Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Research and
Surveillance Centre (RSC) and Public Health England (PHE) are commencing their 54th …