Overcoming limitations in the availability of swabs systems used for SARS-CoV-2 laboratory diagnostics

Abstract The diagnosis of COVID-19 relies on the direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in respiratory specimens by RT-PCR. The pandemic spread of the disease caused an imbalance between demand and supply of materials and reagents needed for diagnostic purposes including swab sets. In a comparative effe...

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Main Authors: Manfred Nairz, Rosa Bellmann-Weiler, Miriam Ladstätter, Falko Schüllner, Martina Zimmermann, Anna-Maria Koller, Silvia Blunder, Helene Naschberger, Werner Klotz, Manfred Herold, Sylvia Kerndler, Martina Jeske, David Haschka, Verena Petzer, Andrea Schroll, Thomas Sonnweber, Ivan Tancevski, Gernot Fritsche, Mariana E. G. de Araujo, Taras Stasyk, Lukas A. Huber, Andrea Griesmacher, Igor Theurl, Günter Weiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81782-8