Saliva molecular testing bypassing RNA extraction is suitable for monitoring and diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 infection in children

Funding Information: This work was funded by the Fundação para a Ciência and Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal) under RESEARCH4COVID 19 call with reference 283_596885654 and co-funded by ANI under INOV4COVID (Funding to V.M.B.). M.J.A. is funded by the FCT (CEECIND/02373/2020). M.A. is funded by a Junior Re...

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Main Author: Alenquer, Marta (author)
Other Authors: Silva, Tiago Milheiro (author), Akpogheneta, Onome (author), Ferreira, Filipe (author), Vale-Costa, Sílvia (author), Medina-Lopes, Mónica (author), Batista, Frederico (author), Garcia, Ana Margarida (author), Barreto, Vasco M. (author), Paulino, Cathy (author), Costa, João (author), Sobral, João (author), Diniz-Da-Costa, Maria (author), Ladeiro, Susana (author), Corte-Real, Rita (author), Alves, José Delgado (author), Leite, Ricardo B. (author), Demengeot, Jocelyne (author), Brito, Maria João Rocha (author), Amorim, Maria João (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2022
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/142070
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/142070
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Summary:Funding Information: This work was funded by the Fundação para a Ciência and Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal) under RESEARCH4COVID 19 call with reference 283_596885654 and co-funded by ANI under INOV4COVID (Funding to V.M.B.). M.J.A. is funded by the FCT (CEECIND/02373/2020). M.A. is funded by a Junior Researcher working contract from FCT and Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC, Portugal). This work benefited from COVID19 emergency funds 2020 from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and from Oeiras city council. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. We would like to thank the technical support of IGC’s Advanced Imaging Facility (AIF-UIC).