Morning SARS-CoV-2 Testing Yields Better Detection of Infection Due to Higher Viral Loads in Saliva and Nasal Swabs upon Waking

Morning SARS-CoV-2 Testing Yields Better Detection of Infection Due to Higher Viral Loads in Saliva and Nasal Swabs upon Waking

ABSTRACT Optimizing specimen collection methods to achieve the most reliable SARS-CoV-2 detection for a given diagnostic sensitivity would improve testing and minimize COVID-19 outbreaks. From September 2020 to April 2021, we performed a household-transmission study in which participants self-collec...

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Main Authors: Alexander Viloria Winnett, Michael K. Porter, Anna E. Romano, Emily S. Savela, Reid Akana, Natasha Shelby, Jessica A. Reyes, Noah W. Schlenker, Matthew M. Cooper, Alyssa M. Carter, Jenny Ji, Jacob T. Barlow, Colten Tognazzini, Matthew Feaster, Ying-Ying Goh, Rustem F. Ismagilov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-12-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
COVID-19
pandemic
diagnostic
screening
analytical sensitivity
outpatient
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.03873-22

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.03873-22

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