Pooled Saliva Specimens for SARS-CoV-2 Testing

Autor: Barat, Bidisha, Das, Sanchita, De Giorgi, Valeria, Henderson, David K., Kopka, Stacy, Lau, Anna F., Miller, Tracey, Moriarty, Theresa, Palmore, Tara N., Sawney, Shari, Spalding, Chris, Tanjutco, Patricia, Wortmann, Glenn, Zelazny, Adrian M., Frank, Karen M.
Zdroj: Journal of Clinical Microbiology; November 2020, Vol. 59 Issue: 3
Abstrakt: We evaluated saliva (SAL) specimens for SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) testing by comparison of 459 prospectively paired nasopharyngeal (NP) or midturbinate (MT) swabs from 449 individuals with the aim of using saliva for asymptomatic screening. Samples were collected in a drive-through car line for symptomatic individuals (n?=?380) and in the emergency department (ED) (n?=?69).
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