Mucus taken from nose or throat often causes coughing and sneezing, increase the possibility that healthcare workers become infected themselves. Collecting saliva samples may help in reducing the possibility of secondary infections, thus serve as a safer and better option.
Recently, R&D team from Vivantis Technologies has developed application note to suggest the use of GF-1 Viral Nucleic Acid Extraction Kit and ViPrimePLUS 2019-nCoV Multiplex RT-qPCR Kit to extract nucleic acid from saliva sample.
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