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Equivalent SARS-CoV-2 viral loads by PCR between nasopharyngeal swab and saliva in symptomatic patients

Emerging evidences have shown the utility of saliva for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 by PCR as alternative to nasopharyngeal swab (NPS). However, conflicting results have been reported regarding viral loads between NPS and saliva. We conducted a study to compare the viral loads between NPS and saliva...

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Autores principales: Yokota, Isao, Hattori, Takeshi, Shane, Peter Y., Konno, Satoshi, Nagasaka, Atsushi, Takeyabu, Kimihiro, Fujisawa, Shinichi, Nishida, Mutsumi, Teshima, Takanori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7904914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33627730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84059-2