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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Aug 23;27(11).
doi: 10.3201/eid2711.211135. Online ahead of print.
Correlation of SARS-CoV-2 Subgenomic RNA with Antigen Detection in Nasal Midturbinate Swab Specimens
Katherine Immergluck, Mark D Gonzalez, Jennifer K Frediani, Joshua M Levy, Janet Figueroa, Anna Wood, Beverly B Rogers, Jared O'Neal, Roger Elias-Marcellin, Allie Suessmith, Julie Sullivan, Raymond F Schinazi, Ahmed Babiker, Anne Piantadosi, Miriam B Vos, Greg S Martin, Wilbur A Lam, Jesse J Waggoner
Abstract
Among symptomatic outpatients, subgenomic RNA of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in nasal midturbinate swab specimens was concordant with antigen detection but remained detectable in 13 (82.1%) of 16 nasopharyngeal swab specimens from antigen-negative persons. Subgenomic RNA in midturbinate swab specimens might be useful for routine diagnostics to identify active virus replication.
Keywords: COVID-19; RNA; SARS-CoV-2; antigen detection; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; nasal midturbinate; nasopharyngeal; nucleocapsid; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; subgenomic RNA; swab specimens; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 Aug 23;27(11).
doi: 10.3201/eid2711.211135. Online ahead of print.
Correlation of SARS-CoV-2 Subgenomic RNA with Antigen Detection in Nasal Midturbinate Swab Specimens
Katherine Immergluck, Mark D Gonzalez, Jennifer K Frediani, Joshua M Levy, Janet Figueroa, Anna Wood, Beverly B Rogers, Jared O'Neal, Roger Elias-Marcellin, Allie Suessmith, Julie Sullivan, Raymond F Schinazi, Ahmed Babiker, Anne Piantadosi, Miriam B Vos, Greg S Martin, Wilbur A Lam, Jesse J Waggoner
- PMID: 34424838
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2711.211135
Abstract
Among symptomatic outpatients, subgenomic RNA of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in nasal midturbinate swab specimens was concordant with antigen detection but remained detectable in 13 (82.1%) of 16 nasopharyngeal swab specimens from antigen-negative persons. Subgenomic RNA in midturbinate swab specimens might be useful for routine diagnostics to identify active virus replication.
Keywords: COVID-19; RNA; SARS-CoV-2; antigen detection; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; nasal midturbinate; nasopharyngeal; nucleocapsid; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; subgenomic RNA; swab specimens; viruses; zoonoses.