Equivalence of Self- and Staff-Collected Nasal Swabs for the Detection of Viral Respiratory Pathogens

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Manas K. Akmatov ,

* E-mail: manas.akmatov@helmholtz-hzi.de

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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Anja Gatzemeier,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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Klaus Schughart,

Affiliations Department of Infection Genetics, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Frank Pessler

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University Children’s Hospital, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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