High Levels of Detection of Nonpneumococcal Species of Streptococcus in Saliva from Adults in the United States
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DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.05207-22
Abstract: Testing saliva samples with quantitative PCR (qPCR) improves the sensitivity of detection of pneumococcal carriage. The qPCR assay targeting lytA, the gene encoding the major pneumococcal autolysin, has become widely accepted for the identification of… read more here.
Keywords: pneumococcal carriage; saliva samples; detection; lyta ... See more keywords