SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR Ct values in saliva and nasopharyngeal swab samples for disease severity prediction.

Kristina Stuopelyte Birute Zablockiene Rasa Sabaliauskaitė Kristina Zukauskaite Elzbieta Matulyte Tautvile Smalinskaite Mindaugas Paulauskas Rolandas Zablockis Mantvydas Lopeta Julius Gagilas Alina Puriene Ligita Jancoriene Sonata Jarmalaite

Published in: Journal of oral microbiology (2023)

Salivary RT-qPCR testing is suitable for SARS-CoV-2 infection control, while simple measurement of Ct values can assist in prediction of COVID-19 severity.

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