Saliva Alternative to Upper Respiratory Swabs for SARS-CoV-2 Diagnosis

PCR of upper respiratory specimens is the diagnostic standard for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. However, saliva sampling is an easy alternative to nasal and throat swabbing. We found similar viral loads in saliva samples and in nasal and throat swab samples from 110 pati...

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Autores principales: Byrne, Rachel L., Kay, Grant A., Kontogianni, Konstantina, Aljayyoussi, Ghaith, Brown, Lottie, Collins, Andrea M., Cuevas, Luis E., Ferreira, Daniela M., Fraser, Alice J., Garrod, Gala, Hill, Helen, Hughes, Grant L., Menzies, Stefanie, Mitsi, Elena, Owen, Sophie I., Patterson, Edward I., Williams, Christopher T., Hyder-Wright, Angela, Adams, Emily R., Cubas-Atienzar, Ana I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7588522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32917294
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.203283

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7588522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32917294
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.203283

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