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Sensitivity of Nasopharyngeal Swabs and Saliva for the Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
We enrolled 91 consecutive inpatients with COVID-19 at 6 hospitals in Toronto, Canada, and tested 1 nasopharyngeal swab/saliva sample pair from each patient using real-time RT-PCR for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Sensitivity was 89% for nasopharyngeal swabs and 72% for saliva (P ...
Autores principales: | Jamal, Alainna J, Mozafarihashjin, Mohammad, Coomes, Eric, Powis, Jeff, Li, Angel X, Paterson, Aimee, Anceva-Sami, Sofia, Barati, Shiva, Crowl, Gloria, Faheem, Amna, Farooqi, Lubna, Khan, Saman, Prost, Karren, Poutanen, Susan, Taylor, Maureen, Yip, Lily, Zhong, Xi Zoe, McGeer, Allison J, Mubareka, Samira |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7337630/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32584972 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa848 |
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