TY - JOUR T1 - Rapid painless diagnosis of viral respiratory infection JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 372 LP - 373 DO - 10.1136/adc.86.5.372 VL - 86 IS - 5 AU - M Ipp AU - S Carson AU - M Petric AU - P C Parkin Y1 - 2002/05/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/86/5/372.abstract N2 - 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. ER -