Evaluation of commercial qPCR kits for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in pooled samples
Vlad Petrovan, Virgil Vrăjmașu, Ana Cristina Bucur, Dan Sebastian Soare, Eugen Radu, Paula Dimon, Mihaela Zăuleţ
This study evaluates commercial qPCR kits for SARS-CoV-2 detection in pooled samples, finding that pooling up to 60 samples does not reduce kit efficiency and that RdRp is a better target than E protein.
Diagnostics · Jul 11, 2020Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology