The Diagnostic Performance of Various Clinical Specimens for the Detection of COVID-19: A Meta-Analysis of RT-PCR Studies.
Khaled Sadeq Ali Al-ShaibariHaider Abdul-Lateef MousaMohammed Abdullah A AlqumberKhaled A AlqfailAbdulHakim MohammedKhalid I BzeiziPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
NPS was observed to have relatively better sensitivity, but not specificity when compared with other clinical specimens. Head-to-head comparisons between the different samples and the time of sample collection are warranted to strengthen this evidence.