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.
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• 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
  • Covid-19
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques
  • Coronavirus Infections
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
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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
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/96928/cdc_96928_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 352.56 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1b88b2569ea4c1c3dbd81c4541d5c77b4664d4eacf3ab02788ed02fbb6adfbab