VALIDATION OF THE GENEXPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2 PCR ASSAY USING SALIVA AS BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN

Rack Set In the pandemic, rapid and accurate detection of SARS-CoV-2 is crucial in controlling the outbreak.Recent studies have shown a high detection rate using saliva/oral fluids as specimens for laboratory detection of the virus.We intended to evaluate the test performance of the Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 cartridge assay in comparison to a convent

Tariku Sisay,1 Tesfaye Tolessa2 1Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Mizan Tepi University, Mizan, Ethiopia; 2Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Tariku SisayDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Mi