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Emerg Infect Dis
; 27(11): 2887-2891, 2021 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34424838
ABSTRACT
Among symptomatic outpatients, subgenomic RNA of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in nasal midturbinate swab specimens was concordant with antigen detection but remained detectable in 13 (82.1%) of 16 nasopharyngeal swab specimens from antigen-negative persons. Subgenomic RNA in midturbinate swab specimens might be useful for routine diagnostics to identify active virus replication.
