Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 isolation in cell culture from nasal/nasopharyngeal swabs or saliva specimens of patients with COVID-19
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DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.16.528881
Abstract: It has been revealed that SARS-CoV-2 can be efficiently isolated from clinical specimens such as nasal/nasopharyngeal swabs or saliva in cultured cells. In this study, we examined the efficiency of viral isolation including SARS-CoV-2 mutant… read more here.
Keywords: nasopharyngeal swabs; saliva specimens; isolation; nasal nasopharyngeal ... See more keywords
Bean Extract-Based Gargle for Efficient Diagnosis of Active COVID-19 Infection Using Rapid Antigen Tests
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DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01614-21
Abstract: An Ag-RDT is less likely to be accepted as an initial test method for early diagnosis owing to its low sensitivity. However, our self-collection method, Ag-RDT using BG-based saliva specimens, showed significantly enhanced detection sensitivity… read more here.
Keywords: diagnosis; saliva specimens; covid; method ... See more keywords
Evaluation of an Automated High-Throughput Liquid-Based RNA Extraction Platform on Pooled Nasopharyngeal or Saliva Specimens for SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR
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DOI: 10.3390/v13040615
Abstract: SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR with pooled specimens has been implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic as a cost- and manpower-saving strategy for large-scale testing. However, there is a paucity of data on the efficiency of different nucleic acid… read more here.
Keywords: extraction; pcr; platform; sars cov ... See more keywords