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Diagnostic Performance and Tolerability of Saliva and Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens in the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR

Saliva is a promising alternative for a nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) in specimen collection to detect SARS-CoV-2. We compared the diagnostic performance and tolerability of saliva collection versus NPS in a clinical setting. Paired NPS and saliva specimens were collected sequentially from participants...

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Autores principales: Ahti, Jaakko, Österback, Riikka, Keskitalo, Anniina, Mokkala, Kati, Vidbäck, Siina, Veikkolainen, Ville, Vuorinen, Tytti, Peltola, Ville, Hakanen, Antti J., Waris, Matti, Laine, Miia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10269602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37093085
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.05324-22