Saliva as a Noninvasive Specimen for Detection of SARS-CoV-2

J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Jul 23;58(8):e00776-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00776-20. Print 2020 Jul 23.
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Keywords: COVID-19; RT-PCR; SARS-CoV-2; clinical microbiology.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Testing
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques / methods*
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology
  • Humans
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods*
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Saliva / virology*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity