2021
DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760210018
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Comparison of viral load between saliva and nasopharyngeal swabs for SARS-CoV2: the role of days of symptoms onset on diagnosis

Abstract: BACKGROUND Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is highly infectious causing millions of deaths worldwide. Nasopharyngeal swabs are the primary sample of choice for the diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), thus, to decrease the exposure to potentially infected samples through the collection is a key point to reduce the risk of infection in healthcare workers.OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate the sensitivity and viral load of saliva specimens by days of symptoms onset … Show more

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“…The findings in this report are subject to at least three limitations. First, it was not possible to test subjects with molecular RNA SARS-CoV-2, which would be more reliable tests for diagnosis [ 27 ]. Second, not all subjects had IgA tests because of funding limitations, restricting a more comprehensive evaluation.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The findings in this report are subject to at least three limitations. First, it was not possible to test subjects with molecular RNA SARS-CoV-2, which would be more reliable tests for diagnosis [ 27 ]. Second, not all subjects had IgA tests because of funding limitations, restricting a more comprehensive evaluation.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…La menor sensibilidad de RT-qPCR utilizando saliva puede estar determinada por la menor carga viral en este fluido en comparación con el HNF. En nuestro estudio, la saliva tuvo un CT promedio 3,99 más alto y una carga viral estimada al menos 18 veces menor que en HNF, lo que ha sido observado por varios autores 18,19,22 . Sin embargo, hubo un 18% de muestras en que la carga viral fue mayor en saliva, aunque sólo en la mitad de ellos la diferencia fue mayor a 1 Log, valor considerado significativo generalmente.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…A medida que aumenta el número de días desde el inicio de los síntomas, la carga viral disminuye. Se ha demostrado que la carga de SARS-CoV-2 disminuye después de siete días en comparación con los primeros tres días de síntomas, tanto en HNF como en saliva 4,6,22,35 . En nuestro estudio, observamos cargas virales más altas desde un día antes del inicio de los síntomas hasta tres días después, tanto en la saliva como en el HNF.…”
Section: Artículo De Investigaciónunclassified
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“…Economical, easy to use, sensitive and high throughput assays are of crucial importance during the pandemic to timely diagnose COVID-19 cases, to further prevent transmission in the community. Saliva has been demonstrated to be a good alternative specimen for molecular SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics as it can be self-sampled and shows comparable sensitivity to NP/T swabs [ 1 3 ]. Many real-time PCR assays for detection of SARS-CoV-2 have been published [ 4 6 ], however, those methods generally apply RNA extraction and purification prior to amplification of (one or multiple) target genes.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%