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Comment
. 2021 Jul;27(7):1129-1130.
doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2021.04.003. Epub 2021 Apr 13.

Letter of concern re: "Immunochromatographic test for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva. J Infect Chemother. 2021 Feb;27(2):384-386. doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2020.11.016."

Giuseppe Sberna  1 , Eleonora Lalle  1 , Maria Rosaria Capobianchi  1 , Licia Bordi  2 , Alessandra Amendola  1
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Letter of concern re: "Immunochromatographic test for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva. J Infect Chemother. 2021 Feb;27(2):384-386. doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2020.11.016."

Giuseppe Sberna et al. J Infect Chemother. 2021 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: Antigen test; COVID-19 diagnosis; Immunochromatographic; SARS-CoV-2; Saliva samples.

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Probit analysis of ESPLINE® SARS-CoV-2 assay applied to saliva samples spiked with 2019-nCoV/Italy-INMI1 isolate. Results are expressed as Log RNA cp/mL.
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