How to increase the SARS-CoV-2 detection rate through the nasopharyngeal swab?

Oral Oncol

Otorhinolaryngology Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano (MI), Italy; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini, 4, 20090 Pieve Emanuele (MI), Italy.

Published: July 2020

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