Comparison of saliva and oro-nasopharyngeal swab sample in the molecular diagnosis of COVID-19.
Ertugrul GuçluMehmet KöroğluYusuf YurumezHande Toptan ÇakarElif KoseFatih GüneysuYasemin GündüzPublished in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2020)
Saliva samples can be used instead of ONS samples in detecting SARS-CoV-2. Investigating SARS-CoV-2 with saliva is cheaper, easier for the patient and overall, and, most importantly, it poses much less risk of SARS-CoV-2 contamination to healthcare personnel.