Diagnostic sensitivity of RT-PCR assays on nasopharyngeal specimens for detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Diagnostic sensitivity of RT-PCR assays on nasopharyngeal specimens for detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background: Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is the current standard of reference in the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. In outpatient clinical practice, nasopharyngeal swab RT-PCR testing is still the most common procedure. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-a...

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Main Authors: Marco Marando, Adriana Tamburello, Pietro Gianella, Rebecca Taylor, Enos Bernasconi, Tanja Fusi-Schmidhauser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Babol University of Medical Sciences 2022-01-01
Series:Caspian Journal of Internal Medicine
Subjects:
nasopharyngeal swabs
sars-cov-2
rt-pcr assay
diagnostic yield.
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