Published on in Vol 13 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/47446, first published .
Molecular Detection of SARS-CoV-2 From Throat Swabs Performed With or Without Specimen Collection From the Tonsils: Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Molecular Detection of SARS-CoV-2 From Throat Swabs Performed With or Without Specimen Collection From the Tonsils: Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Molecular Detection of SARS-CoV-2 From Throat Swabs Performed With or Without Specimen Collection From the Tonsils: Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Benedikte Hartvigsen   1, 2 , MS ;   Kathrine Kronberg Jakobsen   2, 3 , MD ;   Thomas Benfield   3, 4 , MD, DMS, PhD ;   Niels Tobias Gredal   5 , BSN ;   Annette Kjær Ersbøll   5, 6 , MSc, PhD ;   Mathias Waldemar Grønlund   2 , MD ;   Henning Bundgaard   3, 7 , MD, DMS ;   Mikkel Porsborg Andersen   8 , MSc, PhD ;   Nina Steenhard   9 , DVM, PhD ;   Christian von Buchwald   2, 3 , MD, DMS ;   Tobias Todsen   1, 2, 3 , MD, PhD

1 Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation, Copenhagen, Denmark

2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Audiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

3 Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

4 Department of Infectious Diseases, Amager and Hvidovre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

5 Copenhagen Emergency Medical Services, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

6 National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

7 Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

8 Cardiology Research Unit, Nordsjællands Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark

9 TestCenter Danmark, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Corresponding Author:

  • Benedikte Hartvigsen, MS
  • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Audiology
  • Rigshospitalet
  • Copenhagen University Hospital
  • Inge Lehmanns vej 8
  • Copenhagen
  • Denmark
  • Phone: 45 35456033
  • Email: benedikte.hartvigsen@regionh.dk