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RT-qPCR assays based on saliva rather than on nasopharyngeal swabs are possible but should be interpreted with caution: results from a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE WORK: The ongoing pandemic has elicited an increasing interest regarding the SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA detection in saliva specimens rather than through nasopharyngeal swabs. Our aim was to conduct a meta-analysis on the sensitivity and specificity of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA detect...

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Autores principales: Riccò, Matteo, Ranzieri, Silvia, Peruzzi, Simona, Valente, Marina, Marchesi, Federico, Balzarini, Federica, Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi, Signorelli, Carlo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mattioli 1885 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7717018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32921721
http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v91i3.10020