Researchers Develop Saliva-Based Tests for COVID-19

Researchers Develop Saliva-Based Tests for COVID-19
Nurses work at a drive-thru testing site for the CCP virus at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., on May 6, 2020. Brendan McDermid/Reuters
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Two professors at Louisiana State University (LSU) have developed a saliva-based test to help track COVID-19 in children in kindergarten through twelfth grade and school teachers, the university said in a statement.

The test was developed by LSU professors Stephania Cormier, a respiratory immunologist, and Rebecca Christofferson, an emerging virus expert. The test in question would make it easier to track COVID-19 as opposed to the regular nasal swabs.