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. 2020 Jul 23;58(8):e00776-20.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00776-20. Print 2020 Jul 23.

Saliva as a Noninvasive Specimen for Detection of SARS-CoV-2

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Saliva as a Noninvasive Specimen for Detection of SARS-CoV-2

Eloise Williams et al. J Clin Microbiol. .
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Keywords: COVID-19; RT-PCR; SARS-CoV-2; clinical microbiology.

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(A) Median cycle threshold (CT) value in nasopharyngeal swabs and saliva specimens positive for SARS-CoV-2. NPS, nasopharyngeal swab. (B) Median cycle threshold (CT) value and days from symptom onset in nasopharyngeal swabs and saliva specimens positive for SARS-CoV-2. Data points represent the median CT value from patient samples, and bars represent the interquartile range. The slope represents the line of best fit.

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