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The nasopharyngeal swab is a gold standard for detecting SARS-CoV-2. However, the inconvenience of this method compelled us to compare its efficiency with saliva and gargle samples, which we collected… Click to show full abstract
The nasopharyngeal swab is a gold standard for detecting SARS-CoV-2. However, the inconvenience of this method compelled us to compare its efficiency with saliva and gargle samples, which we collected sequentially from 229 individuals. Saliva outperformed gargle samples, constituting a reliable RNA viral source with similar performance to nasopharyngeal samples.
Keywords:
nasopharyngeal swab;
gargle samples;
sars cov;
saliva gargle
Journal Title: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Year Published: 2022
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Journal Title: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Year Published: 2022
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