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ABSTRACT: Background
The efficiency of isolation and purification of the viral genome is a critical step to the accuracy and reliability of RT-qPCR to detect SARS-CoV-2. However, COVID-19 testing laboratories were overwhelmed by a surge in diagnostic demand that affected supply chains especially in low and middle-income facilities. Objectives
Thus, this study compares the performance of alternative methods to extraction and purification of viral RNA in samples of patients diagnosed with COVID-19. Study design
Nasopharyngeal swabs were submitted to three in-house protocols and three commercial methods; viral genome was detected using the primer-probe (N1 and N2) described by CDC and viral load of samples were determined. Results
The in-house protocols resulted in detection of virus in 82.4 to 86.3% of samples and commercial methods in 94.1 to 98%. The disagreement results were observed in samples with low viral load or below the estimated limit of detection of RT-qPCR. Conclusion
The simplified methods proposed might be less reliable for patients with low viral load and alternative commercial methods showed comparable performance.
SUBMITTER: Perez V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8253666 | biostudies-literature |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature