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American Society for Microbiology, mSystems, 4(7), 2022
DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00109-22
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Sentinel Cards Provide Practical SARS-CoV-2 Monitoring in School Settings
Journal article published in 2022 by
Victor J. Cantú,
Karenina Sanders,
Pedro Belda-Ferre,
Rodolfo A. Salido 
,
Rebecca Tsai,
Brett Austin,
William Jordan,
Menka Asudani,
Amanda Walster,
Celestine G. Magallanes,
Holly D. Valentine,
Araz Majnoonian,
Araz Manjoonian,
Carrissa Wijaya,
Vinton Omaleki
and other authors.
,
Rebecca Tsai,
Brett Austin,
William Jordan,
Menka Asudani,
Amanda Walster,
Celestine G. Magallanes,
Holly D. Valentine,
Araz Majnoonian,
Araz Manjoonian,
Carrissa Wijaya,
Vinton Omaleki
and other authors.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract
Because SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, persists on surfaces, testing swabs taken from surfaces is useful as a monitoring tool. This approach is especially valuable in school settings, where there are cost and privacy concerns that are eliminated by taking a single sample from a classroom.