Extraction-free clinical detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus from saline gargle samples using Hamilton STARlet liquid handler

Abstract As part of the COVID-19 pandemic, clinical laboratories have been faced with massive increases in testing, resulting in sample collection systems, reagent, and staff shortages. We utilized self-collected saline gargle samples to optimize high throughput SARS-CoV-2 multiplex polymerase chain...

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Main Authors: Vijay J. Gadkar, David M. Goldfarb, Ghada N. Al-Rawahi, Jocelyn A. Srigley, Duane E. Smailus, Robin J. N. Coope, Stephen Pleasance, Nicole Watson, Tammy Chen, Sunny Lam, Linda Hoang, Peter A. G. Tilley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30993-2