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It should be viewed and used with the instruction sheet provided in the kit. Using a nasal or throat swab to get a fluid the virus is more concentrated in the nose and throat early in the course of the infection. Centers for disease control and prevention are the oropharyngeal (back of the throat through the mouth) and anterior nares (up the nostril—although the nasopharyngeal is most effective.

Called a nasopharyngeal swab or culture, it allows doctors to collect a sample of secretions from the uppermost part of the throat, behind the nose.

For the test to be valid, a good sample needs to be collected and the lab or machine it's processed in also needs to be accurate. Tests for coronavirus use a swab to take a sample from the nose or throat. The swab is then inserted into a container and. Guidance for taking swab samples.