Comprehensive analytical and clinical evaluation of a RNA extraction-free saliva-based molecular assay for SARS-CoV-2

• Joost P. H. Schoeber ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ JPHS and JMS are shared first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Research Group Applied Natural Sciences, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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• Juliëtte M. Schlaghecke ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ JPHS and JMS are shared first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Research Group Applied Natural Sciences, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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• Britt M. J. Meuwissen,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Research Group Applied Natural Sciences, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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• Mara van Heertum,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Research Group Applied Natural Sciences, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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• Adriaan J. C. van den Brule,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pathologie-DNA, Lab for Molecular Diagnostics, Location Jeroen Bosch Hospital, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

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• Anne J. M. Loonen

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: a.loonen@fontys.nl

  Affiliations Research Group Applied Natural Sciences, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Pathologie-DNA, Lab for Molecular Diagnostics, Location Jeroen Bosch Hospital, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4195-2924

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