Central Australia Swab Study: an assessment of circulating respiratory pathogens in a remote Indigenous community

A pilot study to assess the presence of circulating respiratory pathogens in a remote Indigenous community using different specimen transport methods and sensitive molecular techniques

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12609001006235

Enrollment

140

Registered

2009-11-20

Start date

2009-08-12

Completion date

2009-08-31

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The primary purpose of this study is determine the best method for transporting respiratory specimens for viral studies from remote Indigenous communities. The study will enable planning for respiratory illness surveillance and interventions in remote areas. The primary hypothesis is that there is no difference in the proportion of respiratory viruses detected in nasal swabs collected from children and adults in the community that have been frozen immediately compared to specimens that have been sent via routine post.

Interventions

Nasal swabs from people with and without respiratory symptoms presenting to the community clinic over a 3 week period that are sent to the laboratory by routine mail. Two anterior nasal swabs are collected from each participant. The L nare specimen is sent by mail and the R nare specimen is transported frozen.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 to 100 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. Resident in a remote Indigenous community in the 14 days prior to the study visit. 2. Provision of written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Nil

Outcome results