Testing Saliva for SARS-CoV-2
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: B972- Coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/09/027597
- Lead Sponsor
- Asian Healthcare Foundation
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Patients with clinical symptoms such as fever, sore throat and cough and who have been admitted in the hospital and tested positive by RT-PCR
2. Patients who can take swab by themselves
3.Patients who can collect saliva
4. Patients who can give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients with clinical symptoms of flu
2.Patients who cannot take swabs by themselves
3.Patients who cannot collect saliva
4. Patients who can give informed consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Simple method of sampling for testing SARS-CoV-2 infectionTimepoint: One month
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To test swabs taken by patients themselves to reduce burden on healthcare workersTimepoint: One month