Journal article
Salivary testing for SARS-CoV-2 in the pediatric population: a diagnostic accuracy study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Accurate and timely testing for SARS-CoV-2 in the pediatric population is crucial to control the COVID-19 pandemic; saliva testing has been proposed as a less invasive alternative to nasopharyngeal swabs. We sought to compare the detection of SARS-CoV-2 using saliva versus nasopharyngeal swab in the pediatric population, and to determine the optimum time of testing for SARS-CoV-2 using saliva.
METHODS: We conducted a longitudinal …
Authors
Hua N; Corsten M; Bello A; Bhatt M; Milwid R; Champredon D; Turgeon P; Zemek R; Dawson L; Mitsakakis N
Journal
CMAJ Open, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. e981–e987
Publisher
Joule
Publication Date
October 2022
DOI
10.9778/cmajo.20210279
ISSN
2291-0026