At-home self-collection of saliva, oropharyngeal swabs and dried blood spots for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis and serology: Post-collection acceptability of specimen collection process and patient confidence in specimens.

At-home self-collection of saliva, oropharyngeal swabs and dried blood spots for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis and serology: Post-collection acceptability of specimen collection process and patient confidence in specimens.

<h4>Background</h4>Options to increase the ease of testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection and immune response are needed. Self-collection of diagnostic specimens at home offers an avenue to allow people to test for SARS-CoV-2 infection or immune response without traveling to a clinic or labora...

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Main Authors: Mariah Valentine-Graves, Eric Hall, Jodie Lynn Guest, Elizabeth Adam, Rachel Valencia, Kaitlin Shinn, Isabel Hardee, Travis Sanchez, Aaron J Siegler, Patrick Sean Sullivan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236775

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236775

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