Project Lead: Professor Nicholas Mills

Uncertainty remains as to the diagnostic performance of the combined nasal and throat swab, particularly in patients presenting late following the onset of symptoms when the viral load may be lower.

This study will define the performance of the combined nasal and throat swab in consecutive persons admitted to hospital with symptoms of COVID-19. It will also determine whether this differs in certain groups of patients, and help us to understand the value of repeated testing in those where the first test is negative.
 

You can view the publication based on this project on the BMC Infectious Diseases website: https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-021-05976-1

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