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. 2021 Mar;21(1):101530.
doi: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2021.101530. Epub 2021 Feb 5.

Saliva May Be Considered as Reliable Tool for Diagnosis of COVID-19 When Compared With Nasopharynx or Throat Swabs

Ahmed Yaseen Alqutaibi, Musab Hamed Saeed, Afaf Noman Aboalrejal
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Saliva May Be Considered as Reliable Tool for Diagnosis of COVID-19 When Compared With Nasopharynx or Throat Swabs

Ahmed Yaseen Alqutaibi et al. J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2021 Mar.

Abstract

Article title and bibliographic information: Saliva in the Diagnosis of COVID-19: A Review and New Research Directions. Fernandes LL, Pacheco VB, Borges L et al. Journal of Dental Research. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022034520960070.

Source of funding: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein and Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil. The authors have no actual or potential conflicts of interest.

Type of study/design: Systematic review.

Keywords: COVID-19 diagnostic testing; SARS-CoV-2; Saliva diagnosis; Sensitivity; Specificity.

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