Concentrating Pooled COVID-19 Patient Lysates to Improve Reverse Transcription Quantitative PCR Sensitivity and Efficiency

Affiliations

¹ Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
² Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, UK.
³ Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Oxford Regional Genetics Laboratory, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
⁶ Nuffield Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Harshmeena R Sanghani et al. Clin Chem. 2021.

. 2021 Apr 29;67(5):797-798.

doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvab035.

¹ Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
² Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, UK.
³ Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Oxford Regional Genetics Laboratory, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
⁶ Nuffield Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

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