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SUBMITTER: Dogan OA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7833528 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dogan Ozlem Akgun OA Kose Betsi B Agaoglu Nihat Bugra NB Yildiz Jale J Alkurt Gizem G Demirkol Yasemin Kendir YK Irvem Arzu A Doganay Gizem Dinler GD Doganay Levent L
Journal of virological methods 20201230
The gold standard method in the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection is the detection of viral RNA in the nasopharyngeal sample by RT-PCR. Recently, saliva samples have been suggested as an alternative sample. In the present study, we aimed to compare RT-PCR results in nasopharyngeal, oro-nasopharyngeal and saliva samples of COVID-19 patients. 98 of 200 patients were positive in RT-PCR analysis performed before the hospitalization. On day 0, at least one sample was positive in 67 % of 98 patients. ...[more]