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Accuracy of saliva for SARS-CoV-2 detection in outpatients and their household contacts during the circulation of the Omicron variant of concern

BACKGROUND: While nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs are considered the gold standard for severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) detection, several studies have shown that saliva is an alternative specimen for COVID-19 diagnosis...

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Autores principales: Calvet, Guilherme, Ogrzewalska, Maria, Tassinari, Wagner, Guaraldo, Lusiele, Resende, Paola, Fuller, Trevon, Penetra, Stephanie, Borges, Michele, Pina-Costa, Anielle, Martins, Ezequias, Moraes, Isabella, Santos, Heloisa, Damasceno, Luana, Medeiros-Filho, Fernando, Espindola, Otavio, Mota, Fernando, Nacife, Valéria, Pauvolid-Corrêa, Alex, Whitworth, Jimmy, Smith, Chris, Siqueira, Marilda, Brasil, Patrícia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10161980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37147601
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08271-3