https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7510-1696
References
- Sharfstein JM, Becker SJ, Mello MM. Diagnostic testing for the novel coronavirus. JAMA. 2020;323(15):1437–1438. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.3864
- Salathe M, Althaus CL, Neher R, et al. COVID-19 epidemic in Switzerland: on the importance of testing, contact tracing and isolation. Swiss Med Wkly. 2020;150:w20225.
- To KK, Yip CC, Lai CY, et al. Saliva as a diagnostic specimen for testing respiratory virus by a point-of-care molecular assay: a diagnostic validity study. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2019;25(3):372–378. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.06.009
- To KK, Lu L, Yip CC, et al. Additional molecular testing of saliva specimens improves the detection of respiratory viruses. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2017;6(6):e49.
- To KK, Tsang OT, Leung WS, et al. Temporal profiles of viral load in posterior oropharyngeal saliva samples and serum antibody responses during infection by SARS-CoV-2: an observational cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020;20(5):565–574. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30196-1
- To KK, Tsang OT, Yip CC, et al. Consistent detection of 2019 novel coronavirus in saliva. Clin Infect Dis. 2020;0. DOI:10.1093/cid/ciaa149.
- Wyllie AL, Fournier J, Casanovas-Massana A, et al. Saliva is more sensitive for SARS-CoV-2 detection in COVID-19 patients than nasopharyngeal swabs. medRxiv. 2020.
- The Hong Kong SAR Government. COVID-19 testing extended [cited 2020 Apr 24]. Available from: https://www.news.gov.hk/eng/2020/03/20200319/20200319_174452_136.html.
- U. S. Food & Drug Administration. Emergency use authorizations [cited 2020 May 10]. Available from: https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/emergency-situations-medical-devices/emergency-use-authorizations#coronavirus2019.
- Chan KH, Peiris JS, Lim W, et al. Comparison of nasopharyngeal flocked swabs and aspirates for rapid diagnosis of respiratory viruses in children. J Clin Virol. 2008;42(1):65–69. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.12.003
- Chan JF, Yip CC, To KK, et al. Improved molecular diagnosis of COVID-19 by the novel, highly sensitive and specific COVID-19-RdRp/Hel real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay validated in vitro and with clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol. 2020;58(5):e00310–20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00310-20
- Narayanan K, Chen CJ, Maeda J, et al. Nucleocapsid-independent specific viral RNA packaging via viral envelope protein and viral RNA signal. J Virol. 2003;77(5):2922–2927. doi: 10.1128/JVI.77.5.2922-2927.2003
- McBride R, van Zyl M, Fielding BC. The coronavirus nucleocapsid is a multifunctional protein. Viruses. 2014;6(8):2991–3018. doi: 10.3390/v6082991
- Liu C, Kokuho T, Kubota T, et al. DNA mediated immunization with encoding the nucleoprotein gene of porcine transmissible gastroenteritis virus. Virus Res. 2001;80(1–2):75–82. doi: 10.1016/S0168-1702(01)00333-1