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Comparison of saliva with healthcare workers- and patient-collected swabs in the diagnosis of COVID-19 in a large cohort

BACKGROUND: A considerable amount of evidence demonstrates the potential of saliva in the diagnosis of COVID-19. Our aim was to determine the sensitivity of saliva versus swabs collected by healthcare workers (HCWs) and patients themselves to assess whether saliva detection can be offered as a cost-...

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Autores principales: Sasikala, Mitnala, Sadhana, Yelamanchili, Vijayasarathy, Ketavarapu, Gupta, Anand, Daram, Sarala Kumari, Podduturi, Naveen Chander Reddy, Reddy, Duvvur Nageshwar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8256642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34225656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06343-w