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Evaluation of whether saliva (green) is a reliable alternative specimen to nasopharyngeal swabs (blue). The N1 Cq values were consistently higher in saliva compared with the paired nasopharyngeal swab sample, suggesting a decreased diagnostic capability of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in saliva.
