Comparative Evaluation of Three Preprocessing Methods for Extraction and Detection of Influenza A Virus Nucleic Acids from Sputum

Viscous sputum specimens usually cannot undergo automated extraction, and thus, a pre-homogenization process is desirable before isolating nucleic acids for real-time reverse transcription PCR. In this study, we compared three preprocessing methods [preprocessing with normal saline (NS), dithiothrei...

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Main Authors: Fei Yu, Ting Qiu, Ying Zeng, Yiyin Wang, Shufa Zheng, Xiao Chen, Yu Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2018.00056/full