Relative sensitivity of anterior nares and nasopharyngeal swabs for initial detection of SARS-CoV-2 in ambulatory patients: Rapid review and meta-analysis

• Yaolin Zhou,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Timothy J. O’Leary

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: timothy.oleary@va.gov, timothyjolearymd@gmail.com

  Affiliations Office of Research and Development, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2435-9136

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