Author: Ip, Dennis K. M.; Schutten, Martin; Fang, Vicky J.; Fung, Rita O. P.; Dutkowski, Regina T.; Chan, Kwok-Hung; Leung, Gabriel M.; Peiris, J. S. Malik; Cowling, Benjamin J.
Title: Validation of Self-swab for Virologic Confirmation of Influenza Virus Infections in a Community Setting Cord-id: ruba65p5 Document date: 2011_12_23
ID: ruba65p5
Snippet: Few studies have investigated the validity of self-collected nose and throat swabs for influenza confirmation in community settings. We followed outpatients with confirmed influenza with sequential measurement of viral loads and applied log-linear regression models to the viral shedding patterns. Among 176 outpatients with confirmed influenza, the detection of virus and quantitative viral loads obtained from self-swabs was consistent with statistical predictions based on earlier and later measur
Document: Few studies have investigated the validity of self-collected nose and throat swabs for influenza confirmation in community settings. We followed outpatients with confirmed influenza with sequential measurement of viral loads and applied log-linear regression models to the viral shedding patterns. Among 176 outpatients with confirmed influenza, the detection of virus and quantitative viral loads obtained from self-swabs was consistent with statistical predictions based on earlier and later measurements, suggesting that self-collected nose and throat swabs can be a valid alternative for virologic confirmation of influenza A or B infection in a community setting.
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