Diagnostic accuracy of nasopharyngeal swab, nasal swab and saliva swab samples for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 using RT-PCR.
Yoshie TsujimotoJunko TeradaMoto KimuraAtaru MoriyaAyano MotohashiShinyu IzumiKazuki KawajiriKazuo HakkakuMomoko MorishitaSusumu SaitoHiroshi TakumidaHiromu WatanabeAkinari TsukadaChie MoritaYoh YamaguchiTakashi KatsunoYusaku KusabaKeita SakamotoMasao HashimotoManabu SuzukiJin TakasakiMasayuki HojoTohru Miyoshi-AkiyamaHaruhito SugiyamaPublished in: Infectious diseases (London, England) (2021)
NS samples are more reliable than SS samples and can be an alternative to NPS samples. They can be a useful diagnostic method in the future.