Throat? Cheek? What about your saliva ... nasal swabs done using at-home test kits against the gold-standard PCR tests that require deeper nasopharyngeal swabs performed by health professionals.

Like PCR tests, antigen tests usually require a nose or throat swab. But unlike PCR tests, which look for genetic material from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, antigen tests look for proteins that live on ...

Instead, she swabbed saliva from her throat. "And that's when I got my first positive," she said. "I didn't get confirmed until I was in an emergency room on Saturday. PCR test confirmed." ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)–Local doctors are sending a new warning to COVID-19 test-takers, due to data showing the effectiveness of throat swabs. “I would not recommend putting a home test swab in ...

A PCR test using saliva to test for Covid-19 is almost as accurate as the standard nose and throat swab, a study has found. The saliva screening represents a less invasive alternative to the nasal ...

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