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Evaluation of swabbing methods for estimating the prevalence of bacterial carriage in the upper respiratory tract: a cross sectional study

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  • A L Coughtrie Faculty of Medicine and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • R N Whittaker Faculty of Medicine and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • N Begum Faculty of Medicine and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • R Anderson Faculty of Medicine and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • A Tuck Faculty of Medicine and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • S N Faust Faculty of Medicine and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UKSouthampton NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, University Hospital Southampton Foundation NHS Trust, Southampton, UKSouthampton NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, University Hospital Southampton Foundation NHS Trust, Southampton, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • J M Jefferies Faculty of Medicine and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UKSouthampton NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, University Hospital Southampton Foundation NHS Trust, Southampton, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • H M Yuen Faculty of Medicine and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • P J Roderick Faculty of Medicine and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • M A Mullee Faculty of Medicine and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UKNIHR Research Design Service South Central, University Hospital Southampton Foundation NHS Trust, Southampton, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • M V Moore Faculty of Medicine and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • S C Clarke Faculty of Medicine and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UKSouthampton NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, University Hospital Southampton Foundation NHS Trust, Southampton, UKPublic Health England, Southampton, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Stuart C Clarke; S.C.Clarke{at}southampton.ac.uk
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Coughtrie AL, Whittaker RN, Begum N, et al
Evaluation of swabbing methods for estimating the prevalence of bacterial carriage in the upper respiratory tract: a cross sectional study
BMJ Open 2014;4:e005341. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005341

Publication history

  • Received March 25, 2014
  • Revised August 28, 2014
  • Accepted September 16, 2014
  • First published October 30, 2014.
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October 30, 2014
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