Automated SARS-COV-2 RNA extraction from patient nasopharyngeal samples using a modified DNA extraction kit for high throughput testing
BACKGROUND: The pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) has prompted a need for mass testing to identify patients with viral infection. The high demand has created a global bottleneck in testing capacity, which prompted us to modify available resources to extract vir...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
2020-10-01
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Series: | Annals of Saudi Medicine |
Online Access: | https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/full/10.5144/0256-4947.2020.373 |