Risk factors for severe and critically ill COVID‐19 patients: a review

Y Gao, M Ding, X Dong, J Zhang, A Kursat Azkur… - Allergy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), caused by the severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), has caused an unprecedented global …

Performance of saliva, oropharyngeal swabs, and nasal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 molecular detection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

RA Lee, JC Herigon, A Benedetti… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - journals.asm.org
Nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs are considered the highest-yield sample for diagnostic testing
for respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV-2. The need to increase capacity for SARS-CoV …

Comparison of saliva and nasopharyngeal swab nucleic acid amplification testing for detection of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis

G Butler-Laporte, A Lawandi, I Schiller… - JAMA internal …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Nasopharyngeal swab nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) is the
noninvasive criterion standard for diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

The sensitivity and costs of testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection with saliva versus nasopharyngeal swabs: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ML Bastos, S Perlman-Arrow, D Menzies… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Background: Nasopharyngeal swabs are the primary sampling method used for detection of
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), but they require a trained …

The Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines on the diagnosis of COVID-19: molecular diagnostic testing (January 2021)

KE Hanson, AM Caliendo, CA Arias… - Clinical infectious …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Accurate molecular diagnostic tests are necessary for confirming a diagnosis of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Direct detection of severe acute respiratory …

Ct threshold values, a proxy for viral load in community SARS-CoV-2 cases, demonstrate wide variation across populations and over time

AS Walker, E Pritchard, T House, JV Robotham… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Background: Information on SARS-CoV-2 in representative community surveillance is
limited, particularly cycle threshold (Ct) values (a proxy for viral load). Methods: We included …

[HTML][HTML] Oral symptoms associated with COVID-19 and their pathogenic mechanisms: a literature review

H Tsuchiya - Dentistry journal, 2021 - mdpi.com
Since the worldwide spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) infection, management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been challenging for …

Saliva is a promising alternative specimen for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in children and adults

R Yee, TT Truong, PS Pannaraj… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - journals.asm.org
Testing efforts for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have
been burdened by the scarcity of testing materials and personal protective equipment for …

Salivary SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid detection: a prospective cohort study

D Basso, A Aita, A Padoan, C Cosma, F Navaglia… - Clinica chimica acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and aim SARS-CoV-2 quick testing is relevant for the containment of new
pandemic waves. Antigen testing in self-collected saliva might be useful. We compared …

Screening for SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR: Saliva or nasopharyngeal swab? Rapid review and meta-analysis

N Ibrahimi, A Delaunay-Moisan, C Hill, G Le Teuff… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Diagnosis of COVID-19 in symptomatic patients and screening of populations
for SARS-CoV-2 infection require access to straightforward, low-cost and high-throughput …