Deep throat saliva as an alternative diagnostic specimen type for the detection of SARS-CoV-2
Detection Principle
NucleicAcid-PCR based
Target
E gene
Testing Method Category
PCR_KIT
Testing Method
lightMix Modular SARS?CoV (COVID19) E?gene detection kit (TIB Molbiol, Berlin, Germany)
Testing Method - Additional Info
comparability of deep throat saliva (DTS) to nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) for the detection of SARS?CoV?2 by RT?PCR
Reported Performance
Positive RT-PCR: 51% (DTS), 45% (NPS) ; Negative RT-PCR: 44% (DTS), 50% (NPS) ; overall agreement: 78.9%
Sample Size
157 samples
Peer-reviewed
yes
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