Saliva is inferior to nose and throat swabs for SARS-CoV-2 detection in children
Acta Paediatr
.
2021 Dec;110(12):3325-3326.
doi: 10.1111/apa.16049.
Epub 2021 Aug 2.
Authors
Marie-Louise von Linstow
1
,
Alexandra Kruse
2
,
Nikolai Kirkby
3
,
Lillian Marie Søes
4
,
Ulrikka Nygaard
1
,
Anja Poulsen
1
Affiliations
1
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The Juliane Marie Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
3
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
4
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
PMID:
34324722
PMCID:
PMC8444819
DOI:
10.1111/apa.16049
No abstract available
MeSH terms
COVID-19*
Child
Humans
Nasopharynx
Pharynx
SARS-CoV-2*
Saliva
Specimen Handling
Grants and funding
0237-00004B/The National Ministry of Higher Education and Science