Abstract:Background
During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, nonpharmaceutical interventions had a broad impact on viral transmission apart from SARS-CoV-2. The NIH Clinical Center has used the BioFire FilmArray multiplex PCR respiratory pathogen panel (RPP) for evaluation of upper respiratory symptoms since 2014. Beginning in 3/20, respiratory samples from symptomatic patients were tested by SARS-CoV-2 PCR and the RPP. We performed a retrospective study comparing frequency and rates of communi… Show more
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