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Performance Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 PCR on Saliva Compared with NPSs
| Saliva | NPS specimens |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | Total | |
| Positive | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| Negative | 1 | 69 | 70 |
| Total | 17 | 70 | |
| Sensitivity, % | 94.1 (95% CI, 73.0–99.7) | 87 | |
| Specificity, % | 98.6 (95% CI, 92.3–99.9) | ||
NPS, nasopharyngeal swab; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
