Introduction Suitable sample collection and preparation methods are essential to enable
nucleic acid amplification testing at the point of care (POC). Strategies that allow direct …

Early in the pandemic, a simple, open-source, RNA extraction-free RT-qPCR protocol for
SARS-CoV-2 detection in saliva was developed and made widely available. This simplified …

Reported rates of invasive pneumococcal disease were markedly lower than normal during
the 2020/2021 winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the first year after the start of the COVID …

Convenient and widespread serology testing may alter the trajectory of the COVID-19
pandemic. This study seeks to leverage high-throughput, multiplexed serologic assays …

Efficient, wide-scale testing for SARS-CoV-2 is crucial for monitoring the incidence of the
infection in the community. The gold standard for COVID-19 diagnosis is the molecular …

Introduction Efforts to diagnose and monitor transmissible respiratory infections can be
impaired by invasive or resource-intensive sample collection. Having extensively …

Despite being a convenient clinical substrate for biomonitoring, saliva's widespread
utilization has not yet been realized. The non‐Newtonian, heterogenous, and highly viscous …

The COVID-19 pandemic caught the world unprepared. Large-scale testing efforts were
urgently needed, and diagnostic strategies had to rapidly evolve in response to …

For children, the gold standard for the detection of pneumococcal carriage is conventional
culture of a nasopharyngeal swab. Saliva, however, has a history as one of the most …

Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV‐2) caused the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), leading to a global pandemic. The molecular …