Scientific American (March 28) – Whereas nasal swabs can be somewhat unwieldy for everyday use, “it’s fairly easy to provide a saliva sample repeatedly,” says Rebecca Lee Smith, an infectious disease epidemiologist at UIUC and a scientific advisor for the program that developed covidSHIELD.
Saliva-based COVID Tests vs. Nasal Swabs
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