Self-Collected Mid-Turbinate Swabs for the Detection of Respiratory Viruses in Adults with Acute Respiratory Illnesses

• Oscar E. Larios,

  Affiliations Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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• Brenda L. Coleman ,

  * E-mail: bcoleman@mtsinai.on.ca

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Steven J. Drews,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Microbiology, Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Tony Mazzulli,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Bjug Borgundvaag,

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Karen Green,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• STOP-Flu Study ,

  ¶Membership of the STOP-Flu Study is provided in the Acknowledgments.

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• Allison J. McGeer

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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