Saliva sample for detection of SARS-CoV-2: A possible alternative for mass testing

• Olumuyiwa Babalola Salu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Olumuyiwa Babalola Salu, Iorhen Ephraim Akase, Kolawole Solomon Oyedeji, Sunday Aremu Omilabu

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

  * E-mail: obsalu@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Centre for Human and Zoonotic Virology, Central Research Laboratory, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria, Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2683-3521

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• Iorhen Ephraim Akase ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Olumuyiwa Babalola Salu, Iorhen Ephraim Akase, Kolawole Solomon Oyedeji, Sunday Aremu Omilabu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Unit, Lagos University Teaching, Idi-Araba, Lagos State, Nigeria

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• Roosevelt Amaobichukwu Anyanwu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ RAA, MRO, MAA, TGT, SAO, AMO and AAA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centre for Human and Zoonotic Virology, Central Research Laboratory, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria

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• Mercy Remilekun Orenolu ,

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

  ¶‡ RAA, MRO, MAA, TGT, SAO, AMO and AAA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centre for Human and Zoonotic Virology, Central Research Laboratory, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria

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• Maryam Abiodun Abdullah ,

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

  ¶‡ RAA, MRO, MAA, TGT, SAO, AMO and AAA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centre for Human and Zoonotic Virology, Central Research Laboratory, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria

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• Temie Giwa-Tubosun ,

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

  ¶‡ RAA, MRO, MAA, TGT, SAO, AMO and AAA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Research and Development Unit, LifeBank, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

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• Sodiq Abiodun Oloko ,

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

  ¶‡ RAA, MRO, MAA, TGT, SAO, AMO and AAA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Research and Development Unit, LifeBank, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

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• Ayomide Michael Oshinjo ,

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

  ¶‡ RAA, MRO, MAA, TGT, SAO, AMO and AAA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Research and Development Unit, LifeBank, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4303-0181

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• Aisha Ajoke Abiola ,

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

  ¶‡ RAA, MRO, MAA, TGT, SAO, AMO and AAA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Research and Development Unit, LifeBank, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

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• Kolawole Solomon Oyedeji ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Olumuyiwa Babalola Salu, Iorhen Ephraim Akase, Kolawole Solomon Oyedeji, Sunday Aremu Omilabu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Human and Zoonotic Virology, Central Research Laboratory, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria

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• Sunday Aremu Omilabu

  Contributed equally to this work with: Olumuyiwa Babalola Salu, Iorhen Ephraim Akase, Kolawole Solomon Oyedeji, Sunday Aremu Omilabu

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

  Affiliations Centre for Human and Zoonotic Virology, Central Research Laboratory, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria, Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria

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