Saliva is more sensitive than nasopharyngeal or nasal swabs for diagnosis of asymptomatic and mild COVID-19 infection

We aimed to test the sensitivity of naso-oropharyngeal saliva and self-administered nasal (SN) swab compared to nasopharyngeal (NP) swab for COVID-19 testing in a large cohort of migrant workers in Singapore. We also tested the utility of next-generation sequencing (NGS) for diagnosis of COVID-19. S...

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Hauptverfasser: Teo, Alvin Kuo Jing, Choudhury, Yukti, Tan, Iain Beehuat, Cher, Chae Yin, Chew, Shi Hao, Wan, Zi Yi, Cheng, Lionel Tim Ee, Oon, Lynette Lin Ean, Tan, Min Han, Chan, Kian Sing, Hsu, Li Yang
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7862309/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33542443
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82787-z
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