Response to letter in response to “saliva is inferior to nose and throat swabs for SARS-CoV-2 detection in children”

Abstract We thank Chu and Hale for their important comments on the findings of our study investigating the use of saliva for detecting the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in children.1 Our study followed 20 children and found that in week one and two after diagnosis SARS-CoV-2 was detected in 29% and 11% of saliva samples, 86% and 50% of nasal swabs and 58% and 40% of throat swabs, respectively.2 Chu and Hale got the impression that all saliva samples were taken by a parent, except for the first sample