Kits development associated with COVID-19 diagnosis

Abstract

Most of the molecular diagnostic methods require a first step, which is the purification of nucleic acids. At the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, there were incremental needs around the world for optimized kits for RNA purification, resulting in shortages in the provision of these inputs. In this context, PBL developed a purification kit optimized for the purification of viral RNA, called PURO Virus. The kit comes in two variants: one for manual operation and the other for use in automated systems, and both variants are used both in the state and private sphere.Regarding diagnosis, the UNQ laboratory developed an isothermal in vitro nucleic acid amplification method called ELA (Easy Loop Amplification).