MicrobiologybioRxiv
DIRECT RT-qPCR DETECTION OF SARS-CoV-2 RNA FROM PATIENT NASOPHARYNGEAL SWABS WITHOUT AN RNA EXTRACTION STEP
E. A. Bruce, M.-L. Huang, G. A. Perchetti…·J. W. Botten
This paper tests a direct RT-qPCR method for detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA in nasal swabs without RNA extraction, achieving 92% accuracy on blinded samples.
DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000896