SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR testing of pooled saliva samples: A case study of 824 asymptomatic individuals and a questionnaire survey in Japan

• Junna Oba,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Keio Cancer Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Extended Intelligence for Medicine, The Ishii-Ishibashi Laboratory, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2899-3919

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• Hiroaki Taniguchi ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: h-tani@keio.jp

  Affiliations Keio Cancer Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Research and Development Center for Precision Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Innovation Medical Research Institute, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan, Keio University Hospital Clinical and Translational Research Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0494-5290

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• Masae Sato,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Keio Cancer Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Masaki Takanashi,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation LSI Medience Corporation Central Laboratory Center, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Moe Yokemura,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation LSI Medience Corporation Central Laboratory Center, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yasunori Sato,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hiroshi Nishihara

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  Affiliations Keio Cancer Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Research and Development Center for Precision Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Innovation Medical Research Institute, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan, Keio University Hospital Clinical and Translational Research Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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