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Can Covid-19 be iatrogenically auto-transmitted through combined oropharengeal and nasopharengeal swabs test with one Bar?

dc.contributor.authorAlagozlu, Hakan
dc.date.accessioned2026-10-09T21:48:08Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentYüksek İhtisas Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractSince the inception of the pandemic, almost all countries have been testing Covid-19 via a swab test with one bar (combined OP and NP). They use the same bar - first an oropharynx swab and then a nasopharynx swab- This manner of application causes oropharengeal Covid-19 viruses to be inoculated into the nasopharynx and help grow Covid-19 disease infection in that area as well. We speculate that asymptomatic Covid- 19 carriers can be converted to pre-symptomatic people via auto-transmission iatrogenically. This highlights the critical role of asymptomatic cases in the progression of the ongoing pandemic. Also,infectivity can also be carried through nostrils to nasopharengeal area via manual intervention with one bar.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.mehy.2022.110892
dc.identifier.issn0306-9877
dc.identifier.issn1532-2777
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-9184-2013
dc.identifier.pmid35721254
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85132761770
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2022.110892
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12794/3542
dc.identifier.volume165
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000824717400003
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.indekslendigikaynak.digerScience Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofMedical Hypotheses
dc.relation.publicationcategoryDiğer
dc.relation.sdgGoal-03: Good Health and Well-Being
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260922
dc.subjectAuto-Transmission
dc.subjectCovid-19
dc.subjectMicrobiota
dc.titleCan Covid-19 be iatrogenically auto-transmitted through combined oropharengeal and nasopharengeal swabs test with one Bar?
dc.typeLetter

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