Tools and techniques for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)/COVID-19 detection

SH Safiabadi Tali, JJ LeBlanc, Z Sadiq… - Clinical microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute
respiratory disease coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has led to millions of confirmed cases and …

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 …

Assessment of maternal and neonatal SARS-CoV-2 viral load, transplacental antibody transfer, and placental pathology in pregnancies during the COVID-19 …

AG Edlow, JZ Li, YC Ai-ris, C Atyeo, KE James… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Biological data are lacking with respect to risk of vertical transmission and
mechanisms of fetoplacental protection in maternal severe acute respiratory syndrome …

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 …

Comparison of saliva and nasopharyngeal swab nucleic acid amplification testing for detection of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis

G Butler-Laporte, A Lawandi, I Schiller… - JAMA internal …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Nasopharyngeal swab nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) is the
noninvasive criterion standard for diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

A direct comparison of enhanced saliva to nasopharyngeal swab for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in symptomatic patients

GW Procop, NK Shrestha, S Vogel… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in shortages of
nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) and viral transport media, necessitating the search for …

Pooled saliva specimens for SARS-CoV-2 testing

B Barat, S Das, V De Giorgi… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
We evaluated saliva (SAL) specimens for SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-
PCR) testing by comparison of 459 prospectively paired nasopharyngeal (NP) or …

The management of surgical patients in the emergency setting during COVID-19 pandemic: the WSES position paper

B De Simone, E Chouillard, M Sartelli, WL Biffl… - World Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Since the COVID-19 pandemic has occurred, nations showed their
unpreparedness to deal with a mass casualty incident of this proportion and severity, which …

Performance of saliva specimens for the molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2 in the community setting: does sample collection method matter?

M Fernández-González, V Agulló… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Data on the performance of saliva specimens for diagnosing coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) in ambulatory patients are scarce and inconsistent. We assessed saliva-based …

Salivette, a relevant saliva sampling device for SARS-CoV-2 detection

M Melo Costa, N Benoit, J Dormoi… - Journal of Oral …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The gold standard for COVID-19 diagnosis relies on quantitative reverse-
transcriptase polymerase-chain reaction (RT-qPCR) from nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) …