Comparison of self-collected mouth gargle with deep-throat saliva samples for the diagnosis of COVID-19 : Mouth gargle for diagnosis of COVID-19 - 21/09/21

Christopher KC Lai ^a, #

  Authors contributed equally

, Grace CY Lui ^b, #

  Authors contributed equally

, Zigui Chen ^a, Yuk-Yam Cheung ^c, Kwok Chu Cheng ^c, Agnes SY Leung ^d, Rita WY Ng ^a, Jo LK Cheung ^a, Apple CM Yeung ^a, Wendy CS Ho ^a, Kate C Chan ^d, David SC Hui ^{b, e}, Dominic NC Tsang ^c, Paul KS Chan ^{a, e, ⁎}

^a Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China 

^b Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China 

^c Microbiology Division, Public Health Laboratory Services Branch, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, Hong Kong SAR, China 

^d Department of Pediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China 

^e Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China 

^⁎Corresponding author.