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cord-329643-hhk900c1	Skalina, K. A.	Extended Storage of SARS-CoV2 Nasopharyngeal Swabs Does Not Negatively Impact Results of Molecular-Based Testing	2020-05-20		.txt	text/plain	1869	114	49	Here we demonstrate the long-term stability of nasopharyngeal swab specimens for SARS-CoV-2 molecular testing across three assays recently approved by the U.S. FDA under Emergency Use Authorization. This study demonstrates that nasopharyngeal swab specimens can be stored under refrigeration or even ambient conditions for 21 days without clinically impacting the results of the real-time RT-PCR testing. determined that short delays (up to 4 days) in processing influenza nasal and throat swabs did not significantly affect the ability to detect viral particles by real-time RT-PCR.(5) More recently the stability of SARS-CoV-2 detection in different types of storage media over a 14-day period was evaluated. This study utilized three different automated real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in vitro diagnostic platforms (Luminex ARIES, Panther Fusion, and Abbott m2000) currently in use for clinical testing of SARS-CoV-2 at the Department of Pathology, Division of Virology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.	./cache/cord-329643-hhk900c1.txt	./txt/cord-329643-hhk900c1.txt