Direct RT-PCR amplification of SARS-CoV-2 from clinical samples using a concentrated viral lysis-amplification buffer prepared with IGEPAL-630

Abstract The pandemic of 2019 caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is still rapidly spreading worldwide. Nucleic acid amplification serves as the gold standard method for confirmation of COVID-19 infection. However, challenges faced for diagnostic laboratories from undeveloped countries incl...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Castellanos-Gonzalez, Thomas R. Shelite, Nicole Lloyd, Aygul Sadiqova, Ren Ping, Natalie Williams-Bouyer, Peter C. Melby, Bruno L. Travi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93333-2