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cord-310096-a242g5kg	Yokota, I.	Mass screening of asymptomatic persons for SARS-CoV-2 using saliva	2020-08-14		.txt	text/plain	1956	131	49	Methods We conducted a mass-screening study to compare the utility of nucleic acid amplification, such as reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing, using NPS and saliva samples from each individual in two cohorts of asymptomatic persons: the contact tracing cohort and the airport quarantine cohort. We conducted a mass-screening study to compare the utility of nucleic acid amplification, such as reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing, using NPS and saliva samples from each individual in two cohorts of asymptomatic persons: the contact tracing cohort and the airport quarantine cohort. Currently, the diagnosis of COVID-19 is made by the detection of the nucleic acids of SARS-CoV-2 typically by real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) testing of specimens collected by nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) [5, 6] . We conducted a mass-screening study to determine and compare the sensitivity and specificity of nucleic acid amplification using paired samples (self-collected saliva and NPS) for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in two cohorts of asymptomatic individuals.	./cache/cord-310096-a242g5kg.txt	./txt/cord-310096-a242g5kg.txt