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Payton Zarceno

University of California, Los Angeles

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Systematic evaluation of 24 extraction and library preparation combinations for metagenomic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva

Kenin Qian, Varada Abhyankar, Dahlia Keo, Payton Zarceno, Traci L. Toy, Eleazar Eskin, Valerie A. Arboleda

The paper evaluates 24 metagenomic sequencing workflows for SARS-CoV-2 detection in saliva, finding that RNA-Seq library preparation has a greater impact on viral read recovery than extraction methods.

bioRxiv · Apr 20, 2026 · PreprintGenomics