Comparison of Covid results in self-collected vs health care worker-collected nasal swabs in kids, adolescents

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About The Study: After hearing and seeing simple instructional materials, children and adolescents ages 4 to 14 self-collected nasal swabs that closely agreed on SARS-CoV-2 detection with swabs collected by health care workers.

Authors: Wilbur A. Lam, M.D., Ph.D., and Greg S. Martin, M.D., M.Sc., of the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, are the corresponding authors.

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(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.14877)

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