Immergluck K, Gonzalez MD, Frediani JK, Levy JM, Figueroa J, Wood A, Rogers BB, O'Neal J, Elias-Marcellin R, Suessmith A, Sullivan J, Schinazi RF, Babiker A, Piantadosi A, Vos MB, Martin GS, Lam WA, Waggoner JJ. Correlation of SARS-CoV-2 Subgenomic RNA with Antigen Detection in
Nasal Midturbinate Swab Specimens.
Emerg Infect Dis 2021;
27:2887-2891. [PMID:
34424838 PMCID:
PMC8544990 DOI:
10.3201/eid2711.211135]
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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.
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