Saliva as an alternate specimen source for the diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 in symptomatic patients using cepheid xpert xpress SARS-CoV-2

Saliva as an alternate specimen source for the diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 in symptomatic patients using cepheid xpert xpress SARS-CoV-2

Background: Rapid and accurate SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing is essential for controlling the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The current gold standard for COVID-19 diagnosis is real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) detection of SARS-CoV-2 from naso...

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Main Authors: Maya Habous, Rania Medhat Seliem, Laila AlDabal, Firas Al-Najjar, Maimona Elimam, Meera Jainmboo, Bayan Abdalla, Zahra Abdullahi, Ayesha Nasser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal
Subjects:
coronavirus disease 2019
saliva
sars-cov-2
Online Access:http://www.bmbtrj.org/article.asp?issn=2588-9834;year=2020;volume=4;issue=4;spage=346;epage=348;aulast=Habous

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http://www.bmbtrj.org/article.asp?issn=2588-9834;year=2020;volume=4;issue=4;spage=346;epage=348;aulast=Habous

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