Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

June 9, 2020

Validation of a Self-Administrable Saliva-Based RT-QPCR Test Detecting SARS-CoV-2

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  • [pre-print, not peer reviewed] Miller et al. found comparable performance of self-collected saliva samples and clinician-administered nasopharyngeal swabs using RT-qPCR to detect SARS-CoV-2. The authors report 97.1% positive agreement and 96.5-98.2% negative agreement. 

Miller et al. (June 9, 2020). Validation of a Self-Administrable Saliva-Based RT-QPCR Test Detecting SARS-CoV-2. Preprint downloaded June 9 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.05.20122721