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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Chen W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7535620 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a severe threat to human health worldwide. Early etiological diagnosis plays a critical role in controlling COVID-19 pandemic. However, etiological diagnosis has been largely compromised by high "false-negative" rates of viral nucleic acid testing, resulting from limited sampling efficiency using conventional oropharyngeal swabs. Here, we engineer regular swabs by using a microneedle (MN) patch to significantly improve the quality and quantity of vi ...[more]