Adequacy of using a single nasal swab for rapid influenza diagnostic testing, PCR, and whole genome sequencing.

• Main Authors: Jonathan L Temte (Author), Cristalyne Bell (Author), Maureen D Goss (Author), Erik Reisdorf (Author), John Tamerius (Author), Sushruth Reddy (Author), Richard Griesser (Author), Shari Barlow (Author), Emily Temte (Author), Mary Wedig (Author), Peter A Shult (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDT) demonstrate varying sensitivities, often necessitating reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to confirm results. The two methods generally require separate specimens. Using the same anterior nasal swab for both RIDT and molecular confirmatio...