Saline gargle collection method is comparable to nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal swabbing for the molecular detection and sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 in Botswana

Saline gargle collection method is comparable to nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal swabbing for the molecular detection and sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 in Botswana

ABSTRACT The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has highlighted the importance and challenges of the sample collection component of the diagnostic cycle. Although combined nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs (NOS) have historically been the gold standard of sampling, the saline gargle (SG) samplin...

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Main Authors: Kwana Lechiile, Sikhulile Moyo, Mai-Lei Woo Kinshella, Wonderful T. Choga, Leabaneng Tawe, Jonathan Strysko, Gofaone Bagatiseng, Iryna Kayda, Kedumetse Seru, Boitumelo J. L. Zuze, Patience Motshosi, Mosepele Mosepele, Irene Gobe, Simani Gaseitsiwe, Margaret Mokomane, David M. Goldfarb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2025-07-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
diagnostics
SARS-CoV-2
gargle
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02023-24
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