Increasing SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR testing capacity by sample pooling

International Journal of Infectious Diseases - Tập 103 - Trang 19-22 - 2021
Julia Alcoba-Florez1, Helena Gil-Campesino1, Diego García-Martínez de Artola1, Oscar Díez-Gil1, Agustín Valenzuela-Fernández2,3, Rafaela González-Montelongo4, Laura Ciuffreda5, Carlos Flores4,5,6,7
1Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario N. S. de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
2Laboratorio de Inmunología Celular y Viral, Unidad de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina & IUETSPC, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
3Red Española de Investigación en VIH/SIDA (RIS)-RETIC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
4Genomics Division, Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
5Research Unit, Hospital Universitario N.S. de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
6CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
7Instituto de Tecnologías Biomédicas, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de la Laguna, Spain

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