Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 PCR-Based Detection Using Saliva or Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens in Asymptomatic Populations

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 74%
• Coronavirus 72%
• Saliva 56%
• Polymerase Chain Reaction 34%
• Population 22%
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) 16%
• RNA 10%
• Promega 8%
• Ribonuclease P 7%
• Asymptomatic Infections 6%
• Pandemics 5%
• Workforce 5%
• Compliance 4%
• Technology 3%
• Education 3%
• DNA 2%
• Infections 2%

Agriculture & Biology

• Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 100%
• saliva 59%
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 23%
• Coronavirinae 20%
• chemistry 14%
• quantitative polymerase chain reaction 12%
• sampling 11%
• screening 11%
• RNA 10%
• testing 8%
• Alcedinidae 8%
• pandemic 6%
• viral load 6%
• type collections 5%
• infection 5%
• compliance 5%
• education 5%
• probes (equipment) 5%
• secretion 3%
• monitoring 3%
• assays 2%
• DNA 2%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• severe acute respiratory syndrome 88%
• saliva 74%
• comparison 24%
• disease control 20%
• RNA 16%
• screening 13%
• pandemics 7%
• type specimen 6%
• test 6%
• secretion 5%
• rate 5%
• surveillance 5%
• compliance 4%
• school 4%
• education 4%
• DNA 4%
• probe 4%
• station 2%
• program 2%
• material 2%