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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Added value of an oropharyngeal swab in detection of viruses in children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Volume 49, No. 6, Year 2011
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Paired nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs collected from 533 children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection were assessed by multiplex reverse transcription-PCR. Oropharyngeal swabs increased the number of viral infections detected by 15%, compared to collection of a nasopharyngeal swab alone. This advantage was most pronounced for detection of influenza, parainfluenza, and adenovirus. Copyright © 2011, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Hammitt, Laura L.
Kenya, Nairobi
Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories Nairobi
United Kingdom, Oxford
Nuffield Department of Medicine
Kazungu, Sidi D.
Kenya, Nairobi
Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories Nairobi
Welch, Stephen R.
United Kingdom, London
Public Health England
Bett, Anne
Kenya, Nairobi
Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories Nairobi
Onyango, Clayton O.
Kenya, Nairobi
Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories Nairobi
Gunson, Rory N.
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Gartnavel General Hospital
Scott, John Anthony Gerard
Kenya, Nairobi
Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories Nairobi
United Kingdom, Oxford
Nuffield Department of Medicine
Nokes, David James
Kenya, Nairobi
Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories Nairobi
United Kingdom, Coventry
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 105
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1128/JCM.02605-10
ISSN:
00951137
e-ISSN:
1098660X
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health