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Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 virus in saliva using a guanidium based transport medium suitable for RT-PCR diagnostic assays

BACKGROUND: Upper respiratory samples used to test for SARS-CoV-2 virus may be infectious and present a hazard during transport and testing. A buffer with the ability to inactivate SARS-CoV-2 at the time of sample collection could simplify and expand testing for COVID-19 to non-conventional settings...

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Autores principales: Banik, Sukalyani, Saibire, Kaheerman, Suryavanshi, Shraddha, Johns, Glenn, Chakravorty, Soumitesh, Kwiatkowski, Robert, Alland, David, Banada, Padmapriya P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8195355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34115762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252687