The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a worldwide shortage of nasopharyngeal swabs and universal transport media. This study evaluated a combined oropharynx/nares (OP/Na) sample collection using two readily-available non-flocked swabs, transported in phosphate-buffered saline, and demonstrates equivalent performance in SARS-CoV-2 detection compared to a previously-validated OP/Na collection kit.

中文翻译：

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探索可用于从口咽和前鼻孔检测SARS-CoV-2的替代拭子。

COVID-19大流行导致全球范围内鼻咽拭子和通用运输媒介的短缺。这项研究使用两个容易获得的非植绒拭子评估了口咽/ nares（OP / Na）组合样本的收集情况，这些样本在磷酸盐缓冲液中运输，并且证明了SARS-CoV-2检测与先前验证的OP相比具有同等的性能/ Na收集套件。