Impact of Thermal Pretreatment of Saliva on the RT-PCR Detection of SARS-CoV-2

Figure 1

Amplification curves of a pool of RNA from COVID-19-positive patients in the presence of saliva pretreated at 95°C for 5 (red), 10 (green), 15 (blue), and 20 minutes (magenta). The control curve is shown in black. Curves correspond to a 1 : 10 dilution of the RNA pool.