| Literature DB >> 34038425 |
Alexander J Ehrenberg1,2, Erica A Moehle1,2, Cara E Brook1,2, Andrew H Doudna Cate1, Lea B Witkowsky1,2, Rohan Sachdeva1,2, Ariana Hirsh1,2, Kerrie Barry3, Jennifer R Hamilton1,2, Enrique Lin-Shiao1,2, Shana McDevitt1,2, Luis Valentin-Alvarado1,2, Kaitlyn N Letourneau1, Lauren Hunter1, Amanda Keller2, Kathleen Pestal1, Phillip A Frankino1, Andrew Murley1, Divya Nandakumar1,2, Elizabeth C Stahl1,2, Connor A Tsuchida1,2, Holly K Gildea1, Andrew G Murdock1,2, Megan L Hochstrasser2, Elizabeth O'Brien1,2, Alison Ciling1,2, Alexandra Tsitsiklis1, Kurtresha Worden1,2, Claire Dugast-Darzacq1, Stephanie G Hays1, Colin C Barber1, Riley McGarrigle1,2, Emily K Lam1, David C Ensminger1, Lucie Bardet2, Carolyn Sherry2, Anna Harte1,4, Guy Nicolette1,4, Petros Giannikopoulos2, Dirk Hockemeyer1,2,5, Maya Petersen1, Fyodor D Urnov1,2, Bradley R Ringeisen1,2, Mike Boots1, Jennifer A Doudna1,2,6.
Abstract
Regular surveillance testing of asymptomatic individuals for SARS-CoV-2 has been center to SARS-CoV-2 outbreak prevention on college and university campuses. Here we describe the voluntary saliva testing program instituted at the University of California, Berkeley during an early period of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in 2020. The program was administered as a research study ahead of clinical implementation, enabling us to launch surveillance testing while continuing to optimize the assay. Results of both the testing protocol itself and the study participants' experience show how the program succeeded in providing routine, robust testing capable of contributing to outbreak prevention within a campus community and offer strategies for encouraging participation and a sense of civic responsibility.Entities:
Year: 2021 PMID： 34038425 DOI： 10.1371/journal.pone.0251296
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN： 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240