Takashi Katsuno, Moto Kimura, Junko Terada-Hirashima, Yukumasa Kazuyama, Masato Ikeda, Ataru Moriya, Masami Kurokawa, Ayano Motohashi, Erina Isaka, Momoko Morishita, Kazuki Kawajiri, Kazuo Hakkaku, Susumu Saito, Yuriko Terayama, Yuriko Sugiura, Yoh Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Takumida, Hiromu Watanabe, Chie Morita, Akinari Tsukada, Yusaku Kusaba, Yoshie Tsujimoto, Akane Ishida, Keita Sakamoto, Masao Hashimoto, Manabu Suzuki, Jin Takasaki, Shinyu Izumi, Masayuki Hojo, Haruhito Sugiyama, Wataru Sugiura
This study aimed to evaluate diagnostic accuracy of SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection in saliva samples treated with a guanidine-based or guanidine-free inactivator, using nasopharyngeal swab samples (NPS) as referents. Based on the NPS reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results, participants were classified as with or without COVID-19. Fifty sets of samples comprising NPS, self-collected raw saliva, and saliva with a guanidine-based, and guanidine-free inactivator were collected from each group...
March 5, 2024: Journal of Virological Methods