Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 molecular detection in nasopharyngeal swab, saliva, and gargle samples
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DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2022.115678
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… read more here.
Keywords: nasopharyngeal swab; gargle samples; sars cov; saliva gargle ... See more keywords