Comparison between nasopharyngeal swabs and saliva as reliable specimens for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2
Rev. habanera cienc. méd; 20 (3), 2021
Introduction: The SARS-CoV-2 virus is a positive-strand RNA virus. The virus can also be detected in many different specimens as throat swabs, nasal swabs, sputum, saliva, blood, etc. Objective: The aim of this paper is to compare the reliability of different types of specimen collection, saliva and s...