Development and validation of an in-house, low-cost SARS-CoV-2 detection assay

• Main Authors: Fatimah S. Alhamlan (Author), Ahmed A. Al-Qahtani (Author), Dana M. Bakheet (Author), Marie F. Bohol (Author), Sahar I. Althawadi (Author), Maysoon S. Mutabagani (Author), Reem S. Almaghrabi (Author), Dalia A. Obeid (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: One major challenge for detecting the virus that causes COVID-19 is commercial SARS-CoV-2 testing kit or reagent availability. To allow every laboratory or hospital access to an in-house assay, we developed a low-cost SARS-CoV-2 detection assay protocol using in-house primers and reagent...