Detection of SARS-CoV-2 by rapid antigen tests on saliva in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

Yang De MarinisAnne-Katrine PesolaAnna Söderlund StrandAstrid NormanGustav PernowMarkus AldénRuntao YangMagnus Rasmussen

Published in: Infection ecology & epidemiology (2021)

Our study therefore supports saliva testing as an alternative diagnostic procedure to NPH testing, and that rapid antigen test on saliva provides a potential complement to PCR test to meet increasing screening demand.

Keyphrases

loop mediated isothermal amplification
sars cov
real time pcr
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
coronavirus disease