Saliva is a reliable and accessible source for the detection of SARS-CoV-2

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of saliva sampling as a non-invasive and safer tool to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and to compare its reproducibility and sensitivity with nasopharyngeal swab samples (NPS). The use of sample...

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Main Authors: Luis A. Herrera, Alfredo Hidalgo-Miranda, Nancy Reynoso-Noverón, Abelardo A. Meneses-García, Alfredo Mendoza-Vargas, Juan P. Reyes-Grajeda, Felipe Vadillo-Ortega, Alberto Cedro-Tanda, Fernando Peñaloza, Emmanuel Frías-Jimenez, Cristian Arriaga-Canon, Rosaura Ruiz, Ofelia Angulo, Imelda López-Villaseñor, Carlos Amador-Bedolla, Diana Vilar-Compte, Patricia Cornejo, Mireya Cisneros-Villanueva, Eduardo Hurtado-Cordova, Mariana Cendejas-Orozco, José S. Hernández-Morales, Bernardo Moreno, Irwin A. Hernández-Cruz, César A. Herrera, Francisco García, Miguel A. González-Woge, Paulina Munguía-Garza, Fernando Luna-Maldonado, Antonia Sánchez-Vizcarra, Vincent G. Osnaya, Nelly Medina-Molotla, Yair Alfaro-Mora, Rodrigo E. Cáceres-Gutiérrez, Laura Tolentino-García, Patricia Rosas-Escobar, Sergio A. Román-González, Marco A. Escobar-Arrazola, Julio C. Canseco-Méndez, Diana R. Ortiz-Soriano, Julieta Domínguez-Ortiz, Ana D. González-Barrera, Diana I. Aparicio-Bautista, Armando Cruz-Rangel, Ana Paula Alarcón-Zendejas, Laura Contreras-Espinosa, Rodrigo González, Lissania Guerra-Calderas, Marco A. Meraz-Rodríguez, Michel Montalvo-Casimiro, Rogelio Montiel-Manríquez, Karla Torres-Arciga, Daniela Venegas, Vasti Juárez-González, Xiadani Guajardo-Barreto, Verónica Monroy-Martínez, Daniel Guillén, Jacquelina Fernández, Juliana Herrera, Renato León-Rodriguez, Israel Canela-Pérez, Blanca H. Ruíz-Ordaz, Rafael Valdez-Vazquez, Jennifer Bertin-Montoya, María Niembro-Ortega, Liudmila Villegas-Acosta, Daniela López-Castillo, Andrea Soriano-Ríos, Michael Gastelum-Ramos, Tonatiuh Zamora-Barandas, Jorge Morales-Baez, María García-Rodríguez, Mariano García-Martínez, Erik Nieto-Patlán, Maricarmen Quirasco-Baruch, Irma López-Martínez, Ernesto Ramírez-Gonzalez, Hiram Olivera-Díaz, Noe Escobar-Escamilla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221000953