Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Development and implementation of a scalable and versatile test for COVID-19 diagnostics in rural communities

  • A. Ceci,
  • C. Muñoz-Ballester,
  • A. N. Tegge,
  • K. L. Brown,
  • R. A. Umans,
  • F. M. Michel,
  • D. Patel,
  • B. Tewari,
  • J. Martin,
  • O. Alcoreza,
  • T. Maynard,
  • D. Martinez-Martinez,
  • P. Bordwine,
  • N. Bissell,
  • M. J. Friedlander,
  • H. Sontheimer,
  • C. V. Finkielstein

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24552-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Here, the authors report the development of a versatile academic, SARSCoV-2 RT-qPCR molecular diagnostic test that uses 3D printed technology for sample collection, is implemented in rural setting in the US state of Virginia and validated in its population.