A smartphone-read ultrasensitive and quantitative saliva test for COVID-19

• DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe3703
• Publication Date: 2021-01-08T20:47:24Z
• Authors: Bo Ning; Tao Yu; Shengwei Zhang; Zhen Huang; Di Tian; Zhen Lin; Alex Niu; Nadia Golden; Krystle Hensley; Breanna Threeton; Christopher J. Lyon; Xiao-Ming Yin; Chad J. Roy; Nakhle S. Saba; Jay Rappaport; Qingshan Wei; Tony Y. Hu
• Keywords: Male; 0301 basic medicine; Multidisciplinary; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; COVID-19; Viral Load; Macaca mulatta; Sensitivity and Specificity; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; Limit of Detection; Point-of-Care Testing; COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing; Chlorocebus aethiops; Animals; Humans; Computer Simulation; Female; Smartphone; CRISPR-Cas Systems; Saliva; Vero Cells; Research Articles

An isolation-free smartphone-based saliva assay can diagnose COVID-19 cases and quantify viral load within 15 min.