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Investigation of saliva, tongue swabs and buccal swabs as alternative specimen types to nasopharyngeal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 testing
Throughout the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the recommended sample type for initial diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection has been a nasopharyngeal swab. Shortages in swabs and difficulties in obtaining nasopharyngeal swabs in certain patient groups has prompted research into alternative speci...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier B.V.
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8660128/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34920375 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2021.105053 |