Accuracy and stability of saliva as a sample for reverse transcription PCR detection of SARS-CoV-2

J Clin Pathol. 2021 Jan;74(1):67-68. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2020-206972. Epub 2020 Sep 14.

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan [email protected].
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Clinical Laboratory, Keio University Hospital, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
⁵ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
⁶ Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
⁷ Influenza Research Institute, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

^# Contributed equally.

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Keywords: diagnostic techniques and procedures; microbiology; polymerase chain reaction; viruses.

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