Comparison between nasopharyngeal swabs and saliva as reliable specimens for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2

• Main Authors: Cristobal Gonzáles-Losada (Author), Luis González-Lodeiro (Author), Abraham Beato Canfux (Author), Julio Raúl Fernández (Author), Hamlet Camacho (Author), Dania Vázquez-Blonquist (Author), Gerardo Enrique Guillén Nieto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: The SARS-CoV-2 virus is a positive-strand RNA virus. The virus can also be detected in many different specimens as throat swabs, nasal swabs, sputum, saliva, blood, etc. Objective: The aim of this paper is to compare the reliability of different types of specimen collection, saliva and...