SalivaSTAT: Direct-PCR and Pooling of Saliva Samples Collected in Healthcare and Community Setting for SARS-CoV-2 Mass Surveillance.
Nikhil S SahajpalAshis K MondalSudha AnanthAllan N NjauPankaj AhluwaliaGary NewnamAdriana Lozoya-ColinasNicholas V HudVamsi K KotaTed M RossMichelle D ReidSadanand FulzeleAlka ChaubeyMadhuri HegdeAmyn M RojianiRavindra KolhePublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
We have optimized an extraction-free RT-PCR assay for saliva samples that demonstrates comparable performance to FDA-EUA assay (Extraction and RT-PCR).