META-ANALYSIS STUDY: NASOPHARYNGEAL SWABS ARE MORE SENSITIVE THAN OROPHARYNGEAL SWABS IN THE DETECTION OF THE VIRAL GENOME OF SARS-CoV-2

One of the commendable steps to curb spread coronavirus disease is detecting virus immediately. Hence, most suitable sample and an accurate diagnostic test, such as a nasopharyngeal swab oropharyngeal swab, can be critical for achieving this goal. However, there not 100% reliant on sampling method used tests are possibilities false negatives due inadequate viral genome in sample. Therefore, paper aims conduct meta-analysis study collect shreds evidence sensitivity from previously published articles compare them achieve best SARS-CoV-2 detection. A total 10 studies were retrieved evaluated accordingly. In addition, independent t-test was percentage between swabs identify isolation. Results showed that statistically higher sensitive than t (18) = 2.111, p < 0.05. better regarding rate towards SARS-CoV-2.