Virucidal activity of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen extraction buffers.

"Declaration of Competing Interests The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Authors C.C., T.W. and J.M. declare conflicts of interest. C.C. has an employment contract with DRG Instruments, the manufacturer of B5. T.W. has an employment contract with CANDOR Bioscience, the manufacturer of B10. J.M. and CANDOR Bioscience are part of a research consortium that develops advanced SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics."

"Funding This work was supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy on the basis of a decision by the German Bundestag (to J.M.). Funding agencies did not have any role in writing or decision making. C.C., T.W., L.O., L.R., and R.G. are part of the International Graduate School in Molecular Medicine Ulm."