Open AccessPerformance of RT-PCR on Saliva Specimens Compared With Nasopharyngeal Swabs for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Children
Author(s) -
Yves Fougère,
Jean-Marc Schwob,
Alix Miauton,
Francesca Hoegger,
Onya Opota,
Katia Jaton,
René Brouillet,
Gilbert Greub,
Blaise Genton,
Mario Gehri,
Ilaria Taddeo,
Valérie D’Acremont,
Sandra Asner
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000003198
Subject(s) - saliva , medicine , gastroenterology , confidence interval , real time polymerase chain reaction , biology , gene , biochemistry
Saliva reverse transcriptase-Polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is an attractive alternative for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in adults with less known in children.