Standardized preservation, extraction and quantification techniques for detection of fecal SARS-CoV-2 RNA

While the analysis of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in stool samples has led to important insights regarding the disease, quantification is currently challenging. Here the authors use patient samples to benchmark preservation, extraction and quantification methods to optimise detection of viral RNA.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aravind Natarajan, Alvin Han, Soumaya Zlitni, Erin F. Brooks, Summer E. Vance, Marlene Wolfe, Upinder Singh, Prasanna Jagannathan, Benjamin A. Pinsky, Alexandria Boehm, Ami S. Bhatt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25576-6