Saliva as an alternative specimen to nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 diagnosis: Review

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• Nasopharyngeal Swab 100%
• Quantitative Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction 80%
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 60%
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• Diseases 20%
• Coronavirinae 20%
• Invasive Procedure 20%

Nursing and Health Professions

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• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 50%
• Diseases 16%
• Gold Standard 16%
• Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction 16%
• Invasive Procedure 16%

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science

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• Diseases 33%
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