Introduction Symptomatic testing and asymptomatic screening for SARS-CoV-2 continue to
be essential tools for mitigating virus transmission. Though COVID-19 diagnostics initially …

As COVID-19 continues to strain public health systems and vaccination programmes race
against new variants that might be more transmissible or capable of evading immune …

The COVID-19 pandemic has focused attention on patterns of infectious disease spillover.
Climate and land-use changes are predicted to increase the frequency of zoonotic spillover …

Objectives This scoping review aims to summarize the diagnostic value of saliva assessed
from current studies that (1) compare its performance in reverse transcriptase‐polymerase …

Systematic SARS-CoV-2 testing is a valuable tool for infection control and surveillance.
However, broad application of high sensitive RT-qPCR testing in children is often hampered …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Mandatory quarantine upon exposure to coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) results in a substantial number of lost days of school. We …

Effective management of the COVID-19 pandemic requires widespread and frequent testing
of the population for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Saliva has emerged as an attractive alternative …

As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to disproportionately affect low-and
middle-income countries, the need for simple, accessible and frequent diagnostic testing …

Importance Closure of day care centers (DCCs) to contain the COVID-19 pandemic has
been associated with negative effects on children's health and well-being. Objective To …

Background There is an urgent need to expand testing for SARS-CoV-2 and other
respiratory pathogens as the global community struggles to control the COVID-19 pandemic …