Is Nasopharyngeal Swab Comparable With Nasopharyngeal Aspirate to Detect SARS-CoV-2 in Children?

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Sep;39(9):e288-e289. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002824.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Testing
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques / instrumentation
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques / methods*
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology*
  • Equipment and Supplies
  • Hospitals, Pediatric
  • Humans
  • Nasal Cavity / virology
  • Nasopharynx / virology*
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Specimen Handling