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

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Byrne, Rachel, Kay, Grant Alistair, Kontogianni, Konstantina, Aljayyoussi, Ghaith, Brown, Lottie, Collins, Andrea ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4094-1572, Cuevas, Luis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6581-0587, Ferreira, Daniela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0594-0902, Fletcher, Tom, Fraser, Alice, Garrod, Gala, Hill, Helen, Hughes, Grant ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7567-7185, Menzies, Stefanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9273-9296, Mitsi, Elena, Owen, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0458-2357, Patterson, Ian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3465-0848, Todd, Stacy, Williams, Chris, Hyder-Wright, Angela, Adams, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0816-2835 and CubasAtienzar, Ana (2020) 'Saliva Alternative to Upper Respiratory Swabs for SARS-CoV-2 Diagnosis'. Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Issue 11, pp. 2769-2770.

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QY Clinical Pathology > Diagnostic Tests > QY 125 Saliva WA Public Health > WA 105 Epidemiology WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Viral Respiratory Tract Infections. Respirovirus Infections > WC 505 Viral respiratory tract infections WF Respiratory System > WF 140 Diseases of the respiratory system (General)
Faculty: Department:	Biological Sciences > Department of Tropical Disease Biology Biological Sciences > Vector Biology Department Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.203283
Depositing User:	Rachael O'Donoghue
Date Deposited:	08 Dec 2020 19:58
Last Modified:	30 Jun 2023 12:47
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/16274

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