Kylie L. King1, Stevin Wilson2, Justin M. Napolitano1, Keegan Sell1, Lior Rennert3, Christopher Parkinson2, Delphine Dean1,4.
COVID-19 variants Alpha and Delta have substantially higher viral loads in saliva compared to more historic lineages. This trend is especially observed in healthy, young individuals who are pre- or asymptomatic, which provides evidence to the high transmissibility and rapid spread of these new variants.
Statistical_analysis_Ct_delta_gamma_alpha.Rmd
contains details regarding the statistical analysis and R code used for the article.
weekly_positivity_rate.Rmd
contains code used to generate Figure 3 in the article.
1Center for Innovative Medical Devices and Sensors (REDDI Lab), Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA. 2Clemson University Genomics and Bioinformatics Facility, Clemson, SC, USA 3Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA. 4Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.