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. 2021 Jan;82(1):e4-e5.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.07.017. Epub 2020 Jul 23.

USEFULNESS OF SALIVA SAMPLES FOR DETECTING SARS-CoV-2 RNA AMONG LIVER DISEASE PATIENTS

Livia Melo Villar  1 , Vanessa Duarte da Costa  2 , Bianca Cristina Leires Marques  2 , Lucas Lima da Silva  2 , Alanna Calheiros Santos  2 , Ana Carolina da Fonseca Mendonça  2 , Vanessa Alves Marques  2 , Giselle Prado do Nascimento  2 , Lia Laura Lewis-Ximenez  2 , Vanessa Salete de Paula  3
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USEFULNESS OF SALIVA SAMPLES FOR DETECTING SARS-CoV-2 RNA AMONG LIVER DISEASE PATIENTS

Livia Melo Villar et al. J Infect. 2021 Jan.
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Figure 1
Box Plot Graph of cycle threshold (Ct) values in nasopharyngeal swabs and saliva specimens of positive samples for SARS CoV-2. Vertical lines indicate range of values, and the median Ct value is represented as black horizontal line within the box plot. The box indicates the 25th and 75th percentiles. Abbreviations: NPS, nasopharyngeal swab.
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