Assessment of Saliva Specimens' Reliability for COVID-19 Surveillance

• Main Authors: Biancamaria Pierri (Author), Maria Tafuro (Author), Maria Concetta Cuomo (Author), Denise Di Concilio (Author), Lucia Vassallo (Author), Andrea Pierri (Author), Amedeo Ferro (Author), Giuseppe Rofrano (Author), Alfonso Gallo (Author), Antonio Di Stasio (Author), Andrea Mancusi (Author), Lydia Galdi (Author), Annachiara Coppola (Author), Carlo Buonerba (Author), Luigi Atripaldi (Author), Pellegrino Cerino (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of the present study is to assess saliva as a reliable specimen for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) detection by real-time reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR), especially in community mass screening programs. The performance analysis considered 1,221 total samples...