Nasopharyngeal swabs vs. saliva sampling for SARS-CoV-2 detection: A cross-sectional survey of acceptability for caregivers and children after experiencing both methods

• François Gagnon ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: fgagnon@cheo.on.ca

  Affiliation Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9857-156X

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• Maala Bhatt,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Roger Zemek,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Richard J. Webster,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Stephanie Johnson-Obaseki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Stuart Harman

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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