Saliva is a reliable and accessible source for the detection of SARS-CoV-2
Author(s) -
Luis A. Herrera,
Alfredo HidalgoMiranda,
Nancy ReynosoNoverón,
Abelardo MenesesGarcía,
Alfredo Mendoza-Vargas,
Juan Pablo ReyesGrajeda,
Felipe VadilloOrtega,
Alberto CedroTanda,
Fernando Peñaloza,
Emmanuel Frías-Jiménez,
Cristian Arriaga-Ca,
Rosaura Ruiz,
Ofelia Angulo,
Imelda López-Villaseñor,
Carlos AmadorBedolla,
Diana VilarCompte,
Patricia Cornejo,
Mireya Cisneros-Villanueva,
Eduardo Hurtado-Córdova,
Mariana Cendejas-Orozco,
José S. Hernández-Morales,
Bernardo Moreno,
Irwin A. Hernández-Cruz,
César A. Herrera,
Francisco José Ferraro García,
Miguel Á. González-Woge,
Paulina Munguía-Garza,
Fernando Luna-Maldonado,
Antonia Sánchez-Vizcarra,
Vincent G. Osnaya,
Nelly Medina-Molotla,
Yair AlfaroMora,
Rodrigo E. Cáceres-Gutiérrez,
Laura Tolentino-García,
Patricia Rosas-Escobar,
Sergio A. Román-González,
Marco A. Escobar-Arrazola,
Julio C. Canseco-Méndez,
Diana R. Ortiz-Soriano,
Julieta Domínguez-Ortiz,
Ana D. González-Barrera,
Diana I. AparicioBautista,
Armando CruzRangel,
Ana Paula Alarcón-Zendejas,
Laura ContrerasEspinosa,
Rodrigo GonzálezBarrios,
Lissania Guerra-Calderas,
Marco Antonio Meraz-Rodríguez,
Michel Montalvo-Casimiro,
Rogelio Montiel-Manríquez,
Karla Torres-Arciga,
Daniela Venegas,
Vasti Thamara Juárez-González,
Xiadani Guajardo-Barreto,
Verónica Monroy-Martínez,
Daniel Guillén,
Jacquelina Fernández,
Juliana Herrera,
Renato LeónRodríguez,
Israel Canela-Pérez,
Blanca H. Ruíz-Ordaz,
Rafael Ricardo ValdezVázquez,
Jennifer Bertin-Montoya,
María Dolores Niembro-Ortega,
Liudmila Villegas-Acosta,
Daniela López-Castillo,
Andrea SorianoRíos,
Michael Gastelum-Ramos,
Tonatiuh Zamora-Barandas,
Jorge Morales-Baez,
María García-Rodríguez,
Mariano García-Martínez,
Erik Nieto-Patlán,
Maricarmen Quirasco,
Irma LópezMartínez,
José Ernesto Ramírez–González,
Hiram Olivera-Díaz,
Noé Escobar-Escamilla
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.2021.02.009
Subject(s) - saliva , concordance , asymptomatic , medicine , covid-19 , kappa , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , linguistics , philosophy
The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of saliva sampling as a non-invasive and safer tool to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and to compare its reproducibility and sensitivity with nasopharyngeal swab samples (NPS). The use of sample pools was also investigated.
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