Saliva Alternative to Upper Respiratory Swabs for SARS-CoV-2 Diagnosis

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal 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.
• 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.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Betacoronavirus Clinical Laboratory Techniques Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Female Humans Male Middle Aged Nose Pandemics Pharynx Pneumonia, Viral Saliva Viral Load

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(11):2769-2770
• Pubmed ID:
  32917294
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7588522
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1b88b2569ea4c1c3dbd81c4541d5c77b4664d4eacf3ab02788ed02fbb6adfbab
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/96928/cdc_96928_DS1.pdf
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