Comparative evaluation of nasopharyngeal swab and saliva specimens for the molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Japanese patients with COVID-19()

Considering the issues of shortage of medical resources and the invasiveness and infection risk involved in the collection of nasopharyngeal swab specimens, there is a need for an effective alternative test specimen for SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection. Here, we investigated suitability of saliva as a non-i...

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Autores principales: Sakanashi, Daisuke, Asai, Nobuhiro, Nakamura, Akiko, Miyazaki, Narimi, Kawamoto, Yuzuka, Ohno, Tomoko, Yamada, Atsuko, Koita, Isao, Suematsu, Hiroyuki, Hagihara, Mao, Shiota, Arufumi, Kurumiya, Ai, Sakata, Miki, Kato, Syunji, Muramatsu, Yuki, Koizumi, Yusuke, Kishino, Takaaki, Ohashi, Wataru, Yamagishi, Yuka, Mikamo, Hiroshige
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japanese Society of Chemotherapy and The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7524660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33060046
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jiac.2020.09.027

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