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 ...

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 ...

Very few molecular methods for detection of GAS in clinical throat swab specimens have been described. The sensitivity of the GAS PCR assay as compared to the reference standard was 96.0 % ( 95% CI 90 ...

The saliva screening represents a less invasive alternative to the nasal and throat swab. Coronavirus testing (Brian Lawless/PA) A PCR test using saliva to test for Covid-19 is almost as accurate ...

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 ...