PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ipp, M
AU  - Carson, S
AU  - Petric, M
AU  - Parkin, P C
TI  - Rapid painless diagnosis of viral respiratory infection
AID  - 10.1136/adc.86.5.372
DP  - 2002 May 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 372--373
VI  - 86
IP  - 5
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/86/5/372.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/86/5/372.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child2002 May 01; 86
AB  - The concordance of nasal compared with nasopharyngeal swabs was assessed for the diagnosis of respiratory viral infections, and the degree of discomfort associated with each procedure was compared. The use of nasal swabs was shown to be as accurate but significantly less painful than nasopharyngeal swabs for virus diagnosis.