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Study on best clinical samples for COVID-19

                                                       detection


               I am sharing some of the research findings that IMR managed to do in this small window of
               time. We were looking for the best clinical samples for COVID-19 detection. Of course,
               based on recommendation, the best sample would be from the lower   respiratory tract as it is
               not easy to obtain sputum from many of the patients. The combination of nasopharyngeal
               swab (NPS) + oropharyngeal swab (OPS) gave 51.6% of positivity followed by NPS alone
               (19.1%) and OPS (16.5%). The best is always the combination of NPS + OPS.
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