Equivalent SARS-CoV-2 viral loads by PCR between nasopharyngeal swab and saliva in symptomatic patients - Yokota, Isao; Hattori, Takeshi; Shane, Peter Y.; Konno, Satoshi; Nagasaka, Atsushi; Takeyabu, Kimihiro; Fujisawa, Shinichi; Nishida, Mutsumi; Teshima, Takanori (Scientific reports, 2021)
Keywords: 631/1647/2234; 631/326/596/4130; 692/699/255; Adult; COVID-19; COVID-19 - diagnosis; COVID-19 - virology; COVID-19 Testing - methods; Diagnostic Tests, Routine - methods; Female; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Male; Medical personnel; Middle Aged; multidisciplinary; Nasopharynx - virology; Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; RNA, Viral - genetics; Saliva; Saliva - virology; SARS-CoV-2 - genetics; SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Specimen Handling - methods; Viral Load - methods