Saliva for COVID-19 Testing: Simple but Useless or an Undervalued Resource?

Saliva for COVID-19 Testing: Simple but Useless or an Undervalued Resource?

During the COVID-19 pandemic, countries with robust population-based asymptomatic testing were generally successful in controlling virus spread, hence reducing hospitalizations and deaths. This effectiveness inspired widespread asymptomatic surveillance for COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 globally. Polarized va...

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Main Authors: Sara Pijuan-Galito, Francesco Saverio Tarantini, Hannah Tomlin, Harry Jenkins, Jamie Louise Thompson, Danielle Scales, Amy Stroud, Ana Tellechea Lopez, James Hassall, Philip G. McTernan, Andy Coultas, Asta Arendt-Tranholm, Caroline Reffin, Ian Hill, I-ning Lee, Siyu Wu, Joanne Porte, Joseph Chappell, Katarzyna Lis-Slimak, Kazuyo Kaneko, Lara Doolan, Mairead Ward, Martin Stonebridge, Mohammad Ilyas, Patrick McClure, Patrick Tighe, Penny Gwynne, Ralph Hyde, Jonathan Ball, Claire Seedhouse, Andrew V. Benest, Moira Petrie, Chris Denning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Virology
Subjects:
SARS-CoV-2
lateral flow
polymerase chain reaction
COVID-19
nasopharyngeal swab
saliva
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fviro.2021.778790/full

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