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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2024

Tiny swabs: nasal swabs integrated into tube caps facilitate large-scale self-collected SARS-CoV-2 testing.

Brian Pfau, Jordan Opsahl, Ruben Crew, Sabrina Best, Peter D Han, Sarah Heidl, Evan McDermot, Jeremy Stone, Kristen Schwabe-Fry, Melissa P MacMillan and 11 more

Abstract read
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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Household Transmission and Genomic Diversity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in the United States, 2022-2023.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Brian Pfau *Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Jordan Opsahl *Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Ruben CrewBrotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Sabrina BestBrotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Peter D HanBrotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Sarah HeidlBrotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Evan McDermotBrotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Jeremy StoneBrotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Kristen Schwabe-FryBrotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Melissa P MacMillanDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Jessica O'HanlonDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Sarah SohlbergDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Zack AckerBrotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Brenna EhmenBrotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Janet A EnglundBrotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Eric Q KonnickBrotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Helen Y ChuBrotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Ana A WeilBrotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine , Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6170-4306
Christina M LockwoodBrotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Lea M StaritaBrotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine , Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2870-5099
Seattle Flu Alliance Investigators

Funding

Gates Ventures (Gates Ventures, LLC)United States Senate and House of Representatives Bill 748, Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic spurred the development of innovative solutions for specimen collection and molecular detection for large-scale community testing. Among these developments is the

Indexed as

COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Clinical Laboratory TechniquesCOVID-19 TestingHumansNasopharynxPandemicsSpecimen Handlingrespiratory pathogensscaled testingspecimen collection

Identifiers

PMID38131692
PMCPMC10865831

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