Assessment of sample pooling for SARS-CoV-2 molecular testing for screening of asymptomatic persons in Tunisia

The aim of this study is to test a pooling approach for the RT-PCR test to detect low viral loads of SARS-CoV-2. We found that a single positive specimen can still be detected in pools of up to 10. Each laboratory should conduct its own evaluation and validation of pooling protocols according to its...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Abid, Salma, Ferjani, Sana, El Moussi, Awatef, Ferjani, Asma, Nasr, Mejda, Landolsi, Ichrak, Saidi, Karima, Gharbi, Hanène, Letaief, Hajer, Hechaichi, Aicha, Safer, Mouna, Ben Alaya, Nissaf Bouafif ep, Boubaker, Ilhem Boutiba-Ben
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2020
Materias:
Virology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7335417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32768876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115125

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7335417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32768876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115125

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