Publications by authors named "Mohammad Arabzadeh"
Introduction: The introduction of a self-collection sampling method with less discomfort would be of great benefit in reducing the risk of medical provider's contamination and patient's acceptance. The aim of the present study was to investigate saliva samples' diagnostic performance for the COVID-19 RT-PCR test compared to pharyngeal swabs.
Methodology: From individuals referred to a medical center with presentations compatible with COVID-19 who were eligible for molecular diagnostic tests, 80 cases were selected.
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of patients self-collecting nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 testing, compared to those collected by lab technicians, using rapid real-time PCR (rRT-PCR).
- - Fifty patients with flu-like symptoms diagnosed with COVID-19 had swabs collected in two ways: one by a lab technician and one by themselves; discrepancies were found in the test results, showing a 76% agreement between the two methods.
- - The results indicate that while patient-collected samples can sometimes yield different results than lab technician samples, they cannot fully replace technician-collected swabs due to observed inaccuracies.
Background And Purpose: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common thyroid cancer. EBV is one of the most important viruses related to different types of malignancies. This study investigated the relationship between EBV and papillary thyroid carcinoma.
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