Pooling Upper Respiratory Specimens for Rapid Mass Screening of COVID-19 by Real-Time RT-PCR.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 26(10): 2469-2472, 2020 10.
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| ID: mdl-32844739
ABSTRACT
To validate the specimen-pooling strategy for real-time reverse transcription PCR detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, we generated different pools including positive specimens, reflecting the distribution of cycle threshold values at initial diagnosis. Cumulative sensitivities of tested pool sizes suggest pooling of <6 specimens for surveillance by this method.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pneumonia Viral
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Programas de Rastreamento
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Infecções por Coronavirus
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Técnicas de Laboratório Clínico
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Betacoronavirus
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Emerg Infect Dis
Assunto da revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article