Challenges in use of saliva for detection of SARS CoV-2 RNA in symptomatic outpatients

Temporal profiles of viral load in posterior oropharyngeal saliva samples and serum antibody responses during infection by SARS-CoV-2: an observational cohort study

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Dentistry, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology +13

Saliva is a reliable tool to detect SARS-CoV-2

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Dentistry, Infectious Diseases, Salivary Diagnostics +9

Saliva is more sensitive for SARS-CoV-2 detection in COVID-19 patients than nasopharyngeal swabs

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Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Diagnostic Microbiology +14

Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Diagnosis of COVID-19 (June 2020)

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Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Early Detection +16

Two cases of COVID‐19 with positive salivary and negative pharyngeal or respiratory swabs at hospital discharge: A rising concern

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Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Diagnostic Microbiology +12