Sensitivity of Nasopharyngeal Swabs and Saliva for the Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

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We enrolled 91 consecutive inpatients with COVID-19 at 6 hospitals in Toronto, Canada, and tested 1 nasopharyngeal swab/saliva sample pair from each patient using real-time RT-PCR for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Sensitivity was 89% for nasopharyngeal swabs and 72% for saliva (P ā€¦
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Authors Jamal AJ;Mozafarihashjin M;Coomes E;Powis J;Li AX;Paterson A;Anceva-Sami S;Barati S;Crowl G;Faheem A;Farooqi L;Khan S;Prost K;Poutanen S;Taylor M;Yip L;Zhong XZ;McGeer AJ;Mubareka S; ;;
Journal Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Year 2021
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32584972
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