Open AccessSelf-collected oral, nasal and saliva samples yield sensitivity comparable to professionally collected oro-nasopharyngeal swabs in SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis among symptomatic outpatients
Author(s) -
Maximilian Gertler,
Eva Krause,
Welmoed van Loon,
Niklas Krug,
Franka Kausch,
Chiara Rohardt,
Heike Rössig,
Janine Michel,
Andreas Nitsche,
Marcus Mall,
Olga Nikolai,
Franziska Hommes,
Susen Burock,
Andreas K. Lindner,
Frank P. Mockenhaupt,
U. Pison,
Joachim Seybold
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.07.047
Subject(s) - saliva , medicine , covid-19 , gold standard (test) , gastroenterology , nuclear medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Containing COVID-19 requires broad-scale testing. However, sample collection requires qualified personnel and protective equipment and may cause transmission. We assessed the sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2-rtPCR applying three self-sampling techniques as compared to professionally collected oro-nasopharyngeal samples (cOP/NP).
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