Portable RT-PCR System: a Rapid and Scalable Diagnostic Tool for COVID-19 Testing.

ABSTRACT: Combating the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic demands accurate, rapid, and point-of-care testing with fast results to triage cases for isolation and treatment. The current testing relies on reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR), which is routinely performed in well-equipped laboratories by trained professionals at specific locations. However, during busy periods, high numbers of samples queued for testing can delay the test results, impacting efforts to reduce the infection risk. Besides, the absence of well-established laboratories at remote sites and low-resourced environments can contribute to a silent spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). These reasons compel the need to accommodate point-of-care testing for COVID-19 that meets the AS

SUBMITTER: Zowawi HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8091859 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature