Over-the-counter carrageenan-based sprays may interfere with PCR testing of nasopharyngeal swabs to detect SARS-CoV-2

• Taylor Corocher ,

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

  * E-mail: taylor.corocher@nh.org.au

  Affiliations Northern Clinical Diagnostics and Thrombovascular Research (NECTAR) Centre, Northern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Northern Pathology Victoria, Northern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1127-0500

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• Kira Edwards,

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

  Affiliations Northern Clinical Diagnostics and Thrombovascular Research (NECTAR) Centre, Northern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Northern Pathology Victoria, Northern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8169-5187

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• Yvonne Hersusianto,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Northern Clinical Diagnostics and Thrombovascular Research (NECTAR) Centre, Northern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Infectious Diseases, Northern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Donald Campbell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Hospital without Walls, Northern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medicine, Southern Clinical School, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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• Hui Yin Lim,

  Roles Resources, Supervision

  Affiliations Northern Clinical Diagnostics and Thrombovascular Research (NECTAR) Centre, Northern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Northern Pathology Victoria, Northern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Haematology, Northern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medicine, Northern Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2455-3155

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• Paul Monagle,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Haematology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville Victoria, Australia, Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia

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• Prahlad Ho

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Northern Clinical Diagnostics and Thrombovascular Research (NECTAR) Centre, Northern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Northern Pathology Victoria, Northern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Haematology, Northern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medicine, Northern Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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