Exploring alternative swabs for use in SARS-CoV-2 detection from the oropharynx and anterior nares

Glenn Patriquin1, Ian Davis1, Charles Heinstein2

  • 1Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Departments of Pathology, Medicine, and Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.