Patient characteristics
POSITIVE
Of 254 participants enrolled, 249 completed the study. Five participants were excluded as they did not have the ANS due to distress/refusal following the CTN. Ten participants (4%) had both swabs although not randomised. Median age was 6.9 years (Interquartile range (IQR) 5.1–9.9), and median number of days since symptom onset was 1 (IQR 0–2). There were 157 viral detections from 249 CTN swabs (Table Positive and negative percentage agreement of ANS compared with CTN for detection of respiratory viruses