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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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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2020
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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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author | 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. |
author_facet | 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. |
author_sort | Byrne, Rachel L. |
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description | 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 patients with coronavirus disease. |
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spelling | pubmed-75885222020-11-01 Saliva Alternative to Upper Respiratory Swabs for SARS-CoV-2 Diagnosis 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. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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 patients with coronavirus disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7588522/ /pubmed/32917294 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.203283 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Letter 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. Saliva Alternative to Upper Respiratory Swabs for SARS-CoV-2 Diagnosis |
title | Saliva Alternative to Upper Respiratory Swabs for SARS-CoV-2 Diagnosis |
title_full | Saliva Alternative to Upper Respiratory Swabs for SARS-CoV-2 Diagnosis |
title_fullStr | Saliva Alternative to Upper Respiratory Swabs for SARS-CoV-2 Diagnosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Saliva Alternative to Upper Respiratory Swabs for SARS-CoV-2 Diagnosis |
title_short | Saliva Alternative to Upper Respiratory Swabs for SARS-CoV-2 Diagnosis |
title_sort | saliva alternative to upper respiratory swabs for sars-cov-2 diagnosis |
topic | Research Letter |
url | 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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