Performance of saliva, oropharyngeal swabs, and nasal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 molecular detection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

RA Lee, JC Herigon, A Benedetti… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs are considered the highest-yield sample for diagnostic testing
for respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV-2. The need to increase capacity for SARS-CoV …

The sensitivity and costs of testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection with saliva versus nasopharyngeal swabs: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ML Bastos, S Perlman-Arrow, D Menzies… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Background: Nasopharyngeal swabs are the primary sampling method used for detection of
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), but they require a trained …

Change in saliva RT-PCR sensitivity over the course of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Z Congrave-Wilson, Y Lee, J Jumarang, S Perez… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| Between June 17, 2020, and February 15, 2021, a convenience sample of
individuals exposed to a household member with RT-PCR–confirmed SARS-CoV-2 within 2 …

Population wide testing pooling strategy for SARS-CoV-2 detection using saliva

E Esteves, AK Mendes, M Barros, C Figueiredo… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has forced frequent testing of populations. It is necessary to identify
the most cost-effective strategies for the detection of COVID-19 outbreaks. Nasopharyngeal …

[HTML][HTML] Update of guidelines for laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19 in Korea

KH Hong, GJ Kim, KH Roh, H Sung… - Annals of …, 2022 - synapse.koreamed.org
Abstract Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine and the Korea Disease Prevention and
Control Agency have announced guidelines for diagnosing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) …

Performance of saliva compared with nasopharyngeal swab for diagnosis of COVID-19 by NAAT in cross-sectional studies: Systematic review and meta-analysis

DB Duncan, K Mackett, MU Ali, D Yamamura… - Clinical Biochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) is the preferred method to diagnose coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19). Saliva has been suggested as an alternative to nasopharyngeal …

Self-collected oral fluid saliva is insensitive compared with nasal-oropharyngeal swabs in the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in …

YC Manabe, C Reuland, T Yu… - Open Forum …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic
control will require widespread access to accurate diagnostics. Salivary sampling …

Diagnostic accuracy and acceptability of molecular diagnosis of COVID-19 on saliva samples relative to nasopharyngeal swabs in tropical hospital and extra-hospital …

M Nacher, M Mergeay-Fabre, D Blanchet, O Benois… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
A prospective study was conducted among different intra and extra-hospital populations of
French Guiana to evaluate the performance of saliva testing compared to nasopharyngeal …

Saliva as an alternative specimen to nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 diagnosis

L McPhillips, J MacSharry - Access Microbiology, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
Almost 2 years ago, the novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) was discovered to be the causative agent of the disease COVID-19 …

Saliva as a diagnostic specimen for SARS‐CoV‐2 detection: A scoping review

Y Wang, A Upadhyay, S Pillai, P Khayambashi… - Oral …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This scoping review aims to summarize the diagnostic value of saliva assessed
from current studies that (1) compare its performance in reverse transcriptase‐polymerase …