SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern Alpha and Delta show increased viral load in saliva

• Kylie L. King,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Innovative Medical Devices and Sensors (REDDI Lab), Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9255-7671

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• Stevin Wilson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clemson University Genomics and Bioinformatics Facility, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Justin M. Napolitano,

  Roles Data curation, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Innovative Medical Devices and Sensors (REDDI Lab), Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5272-5044

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• Keegan J. Sell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Innovative Medical Devices and Sensors (REDDI Lab), Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Lior Rennert,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Christopher L. Parkinson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Clemson University Genomics and Bioinformatics Facility, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2020-6992

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• Delphine Dean

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: finou@clemson.edu

  Affiliations Center for Innovative Medical Devices and Sensors (REDDI Lab), Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8631-2640

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