A Telemedicine-Guided Self-Collection Approach for PCR-Based SARS-CoV-2 Testing: Comparative Study

Silvia Würstle   ^{1 *} , MD, Dr med ;   Johanna Erber   ^{1 *} , MD, Dr med ;   Michael Hanselmann   ² , MSc, PhD ;   Dieter Hoffmann   ³ , MD, Dr med ;   Stanislas Werfel   ⁴ , MD, Dr med ;   Svenja Hering   ³ , MA ;   Simon Weidlich   ¹ , MD, Dr med ;   Jochen Schneider   ¹ , MD, Dr med ;   Ralf Franke   ⁵ , Dr med ;   Michael Maier   ⁵ ;   Andreas G Henkel   ⁶ ;   Roland M Schmid   ¹ , Prof Dr med ;   Ulrike Protzer   ^{3, 7} , Prof Dr med ;   Michael Laxy   ^{2 *} , Prof Dr ;   Christoph D Spinner   ^{1, 7 *} , MD, Dr med

¹ Department of Internal Medicine II, School of Medicine, University Hospital rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

² Department for Sport and Health Sciences, Professorship of Public Health and Prevention, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

³ School of Medicine / Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Virology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

⁴ Department of Nephrology, School of Medicine, University Hospital rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

⁵ Siemens AG, Munich, Germany

⁶ Department of Information Technology, School of Medicine, University Hospital rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

⁷ German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner site, Munich, Germany

*these authors contributed equally