Validation of a SARS-CoV-2 RNA RT-PCR assay for high-throughput testing in blood of COVID-19 convalescent plasma donors and patients.

CONCLUSION: The SARS-CoV-2 RNA assay, only licensed for respiratory swabs, performed on a PCR system for high-throughput testing, showed a good assay performance for blood testing.
PMID: 33125162 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Transfusion - October 30, 2020 Category: Hematology Authors: Strasser EF, Steininger PA, Korn K, Achenbach S, Tenbusch M, Cunningham S, Zimmermann R, Überla K, Hackstein H Tags: Transfusion Source Type: research