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letter . 2020 Sep 14:ciaa1376. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1376
Saliva is not a useful diagnostic specimen in children with Coronavirus Disease 2019
Chia Yin Chong
1,3,4,5,✉, Kai-Qian Kam
1,3,4, Jiahui Li
1,3,4, Matthias Maiwald
2,4,6, Liat Hui Loo
2, Karen Donceras Nadua
1,3,4, Natalie Woon Hui Tan
1,3,4,5, Chee Fu Yung
1,4,5, Koh Cheng Thoon
1,3,4,5
Chia Yin Chong
1
Infectious diseases, Department of Pediatrics, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore
3
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
4
Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
5
Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Imperial College London, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Infectious diseases, Department of Pediatrics, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore
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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore
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Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
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Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Imperial College London, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Corresponding author: Chia Yin Chong, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 100 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229899, Republic of Singapore. Email: Chong.chia.yin@singhealth.com.sg, Tel: +652934044 Fax number: +6562917923
Received 2020 Aug 13.
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