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Saliva Testing for COVID-19 Quicker, Safer than Nasal Swabs

WASHINGTON, DC — Genetic testing of saliva samples identifies the SARS-CoV-2 virus more quickly than testing of nasal swabs, according to research published March 21 in Microbiology Spectrum, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology. “That is important...