Development of an alternative saliva test for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 using TRIzol: Adapting to countries with lower incomes looking for a large-scale detection program.

Development of an alternative saliva test for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 using TRIzol: Adapting to countries with lower incomes looking for a large-scale detection program.

The use of saliva for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 has shown to be a good alternative to nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS), since it permits self-collection, avoids the exposure of healthy persons to infected patients, reduces waiting times, eliminates the need of personal protective equipment and is non-in...

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Main Authors: Haydee Miranda-Ortiz, Edith A Fernández-Figueroa, Erika B Ruíz-García, Anallely Muñoz-Rivas, Alejandra Méndez-Pérez, Jorge Méndez-Galván, Horacio Astudillo-de la Vega, Belem Gabiño-López, Ricardo Nava-Monroy, Alejandro López-Flores A la Torre, Tanit López-Vergara Anaya, Diana Vilar-Compte, Uriel Coquis-Navarrete, Melissa Valdés-Reyes, Sokani Sánchez-Montes, Ingeborg Becker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255807

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255807

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