Salivary SARS-CoV-2 RNA for diagnosis of COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy

• Main Authors: Douglas Carvalho Caixeta (Author), Luiz Renato Paranhos (Author), Cauane Blumenberg (Author), Marcelo Augusto Garcia-Júnior (Author), Marco Guevara-Vega (Author), Elisa Borges Taveira (Author), Marjorie Adriane Costa Nunes (Author), Thúlio Marquez Cunha (Author), Ana Carolina Gomes Jardim (Author), Carlos Flores-Mir (Author), Robinson Sabino-Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Accurate, self-collected, and non-invasive diagnostics are critical to perform mass-screening diagnostic tests for COVID-19. This systematic review with meta-analysis evaluated the accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of salivary diagnostics for COVID-19 based on SARS-CoV-2 RNA compared with the c...