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.