Journal
CLINICA CHIMICA ACTA
Volume 511, Issue -, Pages 177-180Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2020.10.004
Keywords
SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Hock-a-loogie saliva; RT-PCR
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Funding
- China National Mega-Projects for Infectious Diseases [2017ZX10103008, 2018ZX10101001]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [82072377, 81702079]
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To clarify the effect of different respiratory sample types on SARS-CoV-2 detection, we collected throat swabs, nasal swabs and hock-a-loogie saliva or sputum, and compared their detection rates and viral loads. The detection rates of sputum (95.65%, 22/23) and hock-a-loogie saliva (88.09%, 37/42) were significantly higher than those in throat swabs (41.54%, 27/65) and nasal swabs (72.31%, 47/65) (P < 0.001). The Ct Values of sputum, hock-a-loogie saliva and nasal swabs were significantly higher than that in throat swabs, whereas no significant difference was observed between sputum and saliva samples. Hock-a-loogie saliva are reliable sample types that can be used to detect SARS-CoV-2, and worthy of clinical promotion.
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