title: Self-Collected Nasal Swabs for Respiratory Virus Surveillance.
abstract: We tested whether 135 patients reporting acute respiratory illness (ARI) could self-collect nasal swab specimens and ship them for laboratory testing. Most subjects (78.2%) collected and shipped their specimens without errors; 10.5% excluded ≥1 packing components; 12.9% made ≥1 packing errors. Self-swabbing at home is feasible for confirming ARI etiology.
authors.affiliation: Group Health Research Institute , Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.affiliation: Group Health Research Institute , Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Group Health Research Institute , Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kirlin
authors.affiliation: Group Health Research Institute , Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Madziwa
keywords: detection; human; influenza; public health surveillance