Practical strategies for SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR testing in resource-constrained settings

MS Muller, SB Chhetri, C Basham, T Rapp… - … and Infectious Disease, 2021 - Elsevier
Alternatives to nasopharyngeal sampling are needed to increase capacity for SARS-CoV-2
testing. Among 275 participants, we piloted the collection of nasal mid-turbinate swabs …

Acceptability of community saliva testing in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned from two case studies in nursing homes and schools

B Pétré, M Paridans, N Gillain, E Husson… - Patient preference …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Current public health debate centers on COVID-19 testing methods and strategies. In some
communities, high transmission risk may justify routine testing, and this requires test …

Evaluation of real-life use of Point-Of-Care Rapid Antigen TEsting for SARS-CoV-2 in schools for outbreak control (EPOCRATES)

AC Blanchard, M Desforges, AC Labbé, CT Nguyen… - medRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
We evaluated the use of rapid antigen detection tests (RADT) for the diagnosis of severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in school settings to …

Systematic on-site testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection among asymptomatic essential workers in Montréal, Canada: a prospective observational and cost-assessment …

JR Campbell, C Dion, A Uppal, CP Yansouni… - … Open Access Journal, 2022 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Essential workers are at increased risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection. We aimed to
estimate the yield, acceptability and cost of systematic workplace-based testing of …

Utility of non-invasive Saline Gargle SARS-CoV-2 genome surveillance in post-pandemic scenario and limitations of wastewater surveillance

K Khairnar, SS Tomar - MedRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Wastewater surveillance is being hailed as an indirect and non-invasive method for SARS-
CoV-2 genome surveillance in post-pandemic scenarios, as it covers a large population and …

A Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Developing and Testing Social and Behavioural Interventions to Reduce the Spread of SARS-CoV-2: A …

A Molassiotis, YJ Xie, AYM Leung, GWK Ho… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: While a number of population preventive measures for COVID-19 exist that
help to decrease the spread of the virus in the community, there are still many areas in …

Gargle-direct: extraction-free detection of SARS-CoV-2 using real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) of saline gargle rinse samples

VJ Gadkar, DM Goldfarb, V Young, N Watson, L Hoang… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Background Saline mouth rinse/gargle samples have recently been shown to be a suitable
option for swab-independent self-collection for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis. We sought to …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative analysis of different respiratory specimens on two automated test systems for detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA

N Lübke, K Repges, C Menne, A Walker… - … and infectious disease, 2023 - Elsevier
Molecular testing of SARS-CoV-2 RNA is essential during the pandemic. Here, we
compared the results of different respiratory specimens including anterior nasal swabs …

[HTML][HTML] Direct comparison of Altona-SARS-CoV-2 dual target RT-qPCR assay with commercial LAMP assay using throat washes in health care staff testing

J Wanney, J Lüsebrink, G Spölgen, S Demuth… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Rapid molecular diagnostics by PCR has a crucial role in handling the global
SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. As diagnoses are time-sensitive and global supply chains are …

Concordance between PCR-based extraction-free saliva and nasopharyngeal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 testing [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

C De Santi, B Jacob, P Kroich, S Doyle, R Ward, B Li… - 2022 - repository.rcsi.com
Introduction: Saliva represents a less invasive alternative to nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) for
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) detection. SalivaDirect is a …