https://socictopen.socict.org/files/original/07e2f5b19f75a83c60e674d2f58cd13a.pdf d4705679719827b21dfc381fdcce2323 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cotton-Tipped Plastic Swabs for SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR Diagnosis to Prevent Supply Shortages Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Byron Freire-Paspuel, Marilyn Cruz, Miguel Angel Garcia-Bereguiain, Alberto Vélez, Patricio Vega-Mariño, Paulina Castillo, Eliana Elizabeth Gomez-Santos Description An account of the resource CDC and WHO guidelines for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) diagnosis only recommend synthetic fiber swabs for nasopharyngeal (NP) sampling. We show that cotton-tipped plastic swabs do not inhibit PCR and have equivalent performance to rayon swabs. Cotton-tipped plastic swabs are massively produced worldwide and would prevent swab supply shortages under the current high SARS-CoV-2 testing demands, particularly in developing countries. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Subject The topic of the resource Surveillance, Swabs, SARS-CoV-2, cotton swab, rayon swab Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00356 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Frontiers Media S.A. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Microbiology