Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 isolation in cell culture from nasal/nasopharyngeal swabs or saliva specimens of patients with COVID-19

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 8893 - 9
• Main Authors: Yazawa, Shunsuke, Yamazaki, Emiko, Saga, Yumiko, Itamochi, Masae, Inasaki, Noriko, Shimada, Takahisa, Oishi, Kazunori, Tani, Hideki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.06.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/326/596; 692/699/255/2514; Cell culture; COVID-19; Genomes; Humanities and Social Sciences; Infections; Lactoferrin; multidisciplinary; Saliva; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

It has been revealed that SARS-CoV-2 can be efficiently isolated from clinical specimens such as nasal/nasopharyngeal swabs or saliva in cultured cells. In this study, we examined the efficiency of viral isolation including SARS-CoV-2 mutant strains between nasal/nasopharyngeal swab or saliva specim...