COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
Collection of specimens from the surface of the respiratory mucosa with nasopharyngeal swabs is a procedure used for the diagnosis of COVID-19 in adults and children (1-4; see source URL for complete references). The procedure is also commonly used to evaluate patients with suspected respiratory infection caused by other viruses and some bacteria. This video (see source URL) describes the collection of nasopharyngeal specimens for detection of COVID-19, the illness caused by infection with
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