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Clinical Performance of Direct RT-PCR Testing of Raw Saliva for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Individuals

Published:2022-12-21 Issue:6 Volume:10 Page:
ISSN:2165-0497
Container-title:Microbiology Spectrum
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Spectr

Author:

Castillo-Bravo Rosa¹,Lucca Noel¹,Lai Linyi¹,Marlborough Killian¹,Brychkova Galina¹,Sakhteh Maryam Shideh¹,Lonergan Charlie¹,O’Grady Justin²,Alikhan Nabil-Fareed²,Trotter Alexander J.²,Page Andrew J.²,Smyth Breda³⁴,McKeown Peter C.¹,Feenstra Jelena D. M.⁵,Ulekleiv Camilla⁵,Sorel Oceane⁵,Gandhi Manoj⁵,Spillane Charles¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Genetics & Biotechnology Lab, Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Republic of Ireland

2. Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom

3. College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland

4. Health Service Executive (HSE) West, Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway, Ireland

5. Thermo Fisher Scientific, South San Francisco, California, USA

Abstract

The scale of the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for viral diagnostic systems that are accurate and could be deployed at large population scales. Large-scale diagnostic or surveillance testing of large numbers of people requires collection of infected biological samples that is easy and rapid.

Funder

Science Foundation Ireland

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/spectrum.02229-22

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