Screening for SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR: Saliva or nasopharyngeal swab? Rapid review and meta-analysis.

Nusaibah IbrahimiAgnès Delaunay-MoisanCatherine HillGwénaël Le TeuffJean-François RupprechtJean-Yves ThuretDan ChaltielMarie-Claude Potier

Published in: PloS one (2021)

Our meta-analysis strongly suggests that saliva could be used for frequent testing of COVID-19 patients and "en masse" screening of populations.

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