Empowering academic labs and scientists to test for COVID-19

Biotechniques. 2020 Oct;69(4):245-248. doi: 10.2144/btn-2020-0079. Epub 2020 Jun 25.

Authors

James Jordan Steel¹, John C Sitko¹, Matthew G Adkins¹, Steven Cm Hasstedt¹, Joseph W Rohrer^{1

2}, Erin A Almand¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO 80840, USA.
² 10th Medical Group, US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO 80840, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; RTPCR; SARS-CoV-2; asymptomatic; higher education; testing.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus / genetics
Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Clinical Laboratory Techniques* / methods
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Humans
Laboratories
Mass Screening* / methods
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
RNA, Viral / genetics
RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
SARS-CoV-2
Universities

Substances

RNA, Viral