Inactivation and Recovery of High Quality RNA From Positive SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Tests Suitable for Whole Virus Genome Sequencing

• Main Authors: Guerrino Macori (Author), Tristan Russell (Author), Gerald Barry (Author), Siobhán C. McCarthy (Author), Leonard Koolman (Author), Patrick Wall (Author), Donal Sammin (Author), Grace Mulcahy (Author), Séamus Fanning (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The diagnostic protocol currently used globally to identify Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is RT-qPCR. The spread of these infections and the epidemiological imperative to describe variation across the virus genome have highlighted the importance of sequencing...