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Salivary testing for SARS-CoV-2 in the pediatric population: a diagnostic accuracy study
Nadia Hua, Martin Corsten, Alexander Bello, Maala Bhatt, Rachael Milwid, David Champredon, Patricia Turgeon, Roger Zemek, Lauren Dawson, Nicholas Mitsakakis, Richard Webster, Lisa Caulley, Jonathan B. Angel, Nathalie Bastien, Guillaume Poliquin and Stephanie Johnson-Obaseki
November 08, 2022 10 (4) E981-E987; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20210279
Nadia Hua
Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Hua, Caulley, Johnson-Obaseki), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Corsten), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; National Microbiology Laboratory (Bello, Bastien, Poliquin), Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Bhatt, Zemek), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Division of Pediatric Emergency Research (Bhatt, Zemek, Dawson, Mitsakakis, Webster), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Milwid, Turgeon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Champredon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Angel), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Chronic Disease Program (Angel), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Poliquin), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
MDMartin Corsten
Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Hua, Caulley, Johnson-Obaseki), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Corsten), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; National Microbiology Laboratory (Bello, Bastien, Poliquin), Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Bhatt, Zemek), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Division of Pediatric Emergency Research (Bhatt, Zemek, Dawson, Mitsakakis, Webster), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Milwid, Turgeon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Champredon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Angel), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Chronic Disease Program (Angel), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Poliquin), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
MDAlexander Bello
Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Hua, Caulley, Johnson-Obaseki), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Corsten), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; National Microbiology Laboratory (Bello, Bastien, Poliquin), Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Bhatt, Zemek), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Division of Pediatric Emergency Research (Bhatt, Zemek, Dawson, Mitsakakis, Webster), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Milwid, Turgeon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Champredon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Angel), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Chronic Disease Program (Angel), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Poliquin), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
PhDMaala Bhatt
Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Hua, Caulley, Johnson-Obaseki), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Corsten), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; National Microbiology Laboratory (Bello, Bastien, Poliquin), Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Bhatt, Zemek), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Division of Pediatric Emergency Research (Bhatt, Zemek, Dawson, Mitsakakis, Webster), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Milwid, Turgeon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Champredon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Angel), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Chronic Disease Program (Angel), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Poliquin), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
MDRachael Milwid
Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Hua, Caulley, Johnson-Obaseki), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Corsten), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; National Microbiology Laboratory (Bello, Bastien, Poliquin), Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Bhatt, Zemek), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Division of Pediatric Emergency Research (Bhatt, Zemek, Dawson, Mitsakakis, Webster), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Milwid, Turgeon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Champredon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Angel), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Chronic Disease Program (Angel), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Poliquin), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
PhDDavid Champredon
Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Hua, Caulley, Johnson-Obaseki), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Corsten), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; National Microbiology Laboratory (Bello, Bastien, Poliquin), Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Bhatt, Zemek), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Division of Pediatric Emergency Research (Bhatt, Zemek, Dawson, Mitsakakis, Webster), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Milwid, Turgeon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Champredon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Angel), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Chronic Disease Program (Angel), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Poliquin), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
PhDPatricia Turgeon
Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Hua, Caulley, Johnson-Obaseki), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Corsten), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; National Microbiology Laboratory (Bello, Bastien, Poliquin), Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Bhatt, Zemek), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Division of Pediatric Emergency Research (Bhatt, Zemek, Dawson, Mitsakakis, Webster), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Milwid, Turgeon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Champredon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Angel), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Chronic Disease Program (Angel), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Poliquin), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
DVM PhDRoger Zemek
Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Hua, Caulley, Johnson-Obaseki), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Corsten), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; National Microbiology Laboratory (Bello, Bastien, Poliquin), Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Bhatt, Zemek), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Division of Pediatric Emergency Research (Bhatt, Zemek, Dawson, Mitsakakis, Webster), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Milwid, Turgeon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Champredon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Angel), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Chronic Disease Program (Angel), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Poliquin), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
MDLauren Dawson
Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Hua, Caulley, Johnson-Obaseki), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Corsten), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; National Microbiology Laboratory (Bello, Bastien, Poliquin), Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Bhatt, Zemek), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Division of Pediatric Emergency Research (Bhatt, Zemek, Dawson, Mitsakakis, Webster), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Milwid, Turgeon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Champredon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Angel), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Chronic Disease Program (Angel), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Poliquin), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
MSc RNNicholas Mitsakakis
Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Hua, Caulley, Johnson-Obaseki), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Corsten), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; National Microbiology Laboratory (Bello, Bastien, Poliquin), Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Bhatt, Zemek), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Division of Pediatric Emergency Research (Bhatt, Zemek, Dawson, Mitsakakis, Webster), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Milwid, Turgeon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Champredon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Angel), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Chronic Disease Program (Angel), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Poliquin), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
MSc PhDRichard Webster
Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Hua, Caulley, Johnson-Obaseki), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Corsten), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; National Microbiology Laboratory (Bello, Bastien, Poliquin), Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Bhatt, Zemek), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Division of Pediatric Emergency Research (Bhatt, Zemek, Dawson, Mitsakakis, Webster), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Milwid, Turgeon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Champredon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Angel), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Chronic Disease Program (Angel), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Poliquin), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
MSc PhDLisa Caulley
Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Hua, Caulley, Johnson-Obaseki), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Corsten), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; National Microbiology Laboratory (Bello, Bastien, Poliquin), Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Bhatt, Zemek), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Division of Pediatric Emergency Research (Bhatt, Zemek, Dawson, Mitsakakis, Webster), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Milwid, Turgeon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Champredon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Angel), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Chronic Disease Program (Angel), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Poliquin), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
MD MPHJonathan B. Angel
Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Hua, Caulley, Johnson-Obaseki), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Corsten), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; National Microbiology Laboratory (Bello, Bastien, Poliquin), Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Bhatt, Zemek), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Division of Pediatric Emergency Research (Bhatt, Zemek, Dawson, Mitsakakis, Webster), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Milwid, Turgeon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Champredon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Angel), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Chronic Disease Program (Angel), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Poliquin), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
MDNathalie Bastien
Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Hua, Caulley, Johnson-Obaseki), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Corsten), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; National Microbiology Laboratory (Bello, Bastien, Poliquin), Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Bhatt, Zemek), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Division of Pediatric Emergency Research (Bhatt, Zemek, Dawson, Mitsakakis, Webster), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Milwid, Turgeon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Champredon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Angel), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Chronic Disease Program (Angel), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Poliquin), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
PhDGuillaume Poliquin
Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Hua, Caulley, Johnson-Obaseki), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Corsten), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; National Microbiology Laboratory (Bello, Bastien, Poliquin), Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Bhatt, Zemek), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Division of Pediatric Emergency Research (Bhatt, Zemek, Dawson, Mitsakakis, Webster), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Milwid, Turgeon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Champredon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Angel), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Chronic Disease Program (Angel), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Poliquin), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
MD PhDStephanie Johnson-Obaseki
Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Hua, Caulley, Johnson-Obaseki), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Corsten), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; National Microbiology Laboratory (Bello, Bastien, Poliquin), Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Bhatt, Zemek), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Division of Pediatric Emergency Research (Bhatt, Zemek, Dawson, Mitsakakis, Webster), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Milwid, Turgeon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Champredon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Angel), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Chronic Disease Program (Angel), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Poliquin), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
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vol. 10 no. 4 E981-E987
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- Published online November 8, 2022.
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- Nadia Hua, MD,
- Martin Corsten, MD,
- Alexander Bello, PhD,
- Maala Bhatt, MD,
- Rachael Milwid, PhD,
- David Champredon, PhD,
- Patricia Turgeon, DVM PhD,
- Roger Zemek, MD,
- Lauren Dawson, MSc RN,
- Nicholas Mitsakakis, MSc PhD,
- Richard Webster, MSc PhD,
- Lisa Caulley, MD MPH,
- Jonathan B. Angel, MD,
- Nathalie Bastien, PhD,
- Guillaume Poliquin, MD PhD,
- Stephanie Johnson-Obaseki, MD MPH
- Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Hua, Caulley, Johnson-Obaseki), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Corsten), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; National Microbiology Laboratory (Bello, Bastien, Poliquin), Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine (Bhatt, Zemek), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Division of Pediatric Emergency Research (Bhatt, Zemek, Dawson, Mitsakakis, Webster), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Milwid, Turgeon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Champredon), Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ont.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Angel), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Chronic Disease Program (Angel), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Poliquin), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
- Correspondence to: Stephanie Johnson-Obaseki, stjohnson{at}toh.ca
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