User acceptability of saliva and gargle samples for identifying COVID-19 positive high-risk workers and household contacts

Autor: Kirsty McLennan, Ellen Barton, Christie Lang, Ian R. Adams, Gina McAllister, Martin A.M. Reijns, Kate Templeton, Ingólfur Johannessen, Alastair Leckie, Nick Gilbert

Publikováno v: McLennan, K, Lang, C, Adams, I R, McAllister, G, Reijns, M A M, Templeton, K, Johannessen, I, Leckie, A & Gilbert, N 2022, ' User acceptability of saliva and gargle samples for identifying COVID-19 positive high-risk workers and household contacts ', Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, vol. 104, no. 1, 115732 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2022.115732

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic nasopharyngeal or nose and/or throat swabs (NTS) have been the primary approach for collecting patient samples for the subsequent detection of viral RNA. However, this procedure, if undertaken correctly, can be unplea

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