SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis and viral load methods based on quantitative RT-PCR

Authors

  • Carolina Jaquenod De Giusti Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CIC-CONICET-UNLP)
  • Mauro Montanaro Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas La Plata (INIBIOLP-CONICET-UNLP)
  • Maria Victoria Mencucci Centro de Endocrinología Experimental y Aplicada (CENEXA-CONICET-UNLP)
  • Romina Canzoneri Centro de Investigaciones Inmunológicas Básicas y Aplicadas (CINIBA-UNLP)
  • Alejandro Orlowski Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CIC-CONICET-UNLP)
  • Marianela Santana Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas La Plata (INIBIOLP-CONICET-UNLP)
  • Erica Pereyra Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CIC-CONICET-UNLP)
  • Mauricio Kraemer Centro de Endocrinología Experimental y Aplicada (CENEXA-CONICET-UNLP)
  • Sabrina María Luisa Lavarías Instituto de Limnología de La Plata (ILPLA-CONICET-UNLP)
  • Verónica Moscoso Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas La Plata (INIBIOLP-CONICET-UNLP)
  • Noelian Costantini Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CIC-CONICET-UNLP)
  • Flavio Francini Centro de Endocrinología Experimental y Aplicada (CENEXA-CONICET-UNLP)
  • Horacio Garda Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas La Plata (INIBIOLP-CONICET-UNLP)
  • Nicolás Pedríni Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas La Plata (INIBIOLP-CONICET-UNLP)
  • María Gonzalez Baro Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas La Plata (INIBIOLP-CONICET-UNLP)
  • Martin Vila Petroff Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CIC-CONICET-UNLP)
  • Alejandro Aiello Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CIC-CONICET-UNLP)
  • Martin Abba CINIBA, Facultdad de Cienicas Médicas, UNLP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/26838559e013

Keywords:

SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, detection, viral load, quantitative PCR

Abstract

In December 2019, a new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak occurred in Wuhan, China. Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is the seventh coronavirus known to infect humans, is highly contagious and has rapidly expanded worldwide since its discovery. Quantitative nucleic acid testing has become the gold standard for diagnosis and guiding clinical decisions regarding the use of antiviral therapy. Total RNA is purified for subsequent SARS-CoV-2 detection by a real time quantitative RT-PCR (RT-qPCR). However, the RT-qPCR assays targeting SARS-CoV-2 have a number of challenges, especially in terms of primer / probe design and in the development of methodologies to estimate viral load in patients diagnosed with COVID-19.

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Published

2020-12-11

How to Cite

Jaquenod De Giusti, C., Montanaro, M., Mencucci, M. V., Canzoneri, R., Orlowski, A., Santana, M., Pereyra, E., Kraemer, M., Lavarías, S. M. L., Moscoso, V., Costantini, N., Francini, F., Garda, H., Pedríni, N., Gonzalez Baro, M., Vila Petroff, M., Aiello, A., & Abba, M. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis and viral load methods based on quantitative RT-PCR. Social and Technological Development and Innovation, 2(2), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.24215/26838559e013

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