Cautionary Note on Contamination of Reagents Used for Molecular Detection of SARS-CoV-2

Jim F. Huggett; Vladimir Benes; Stephen A. Bustin; Jeremy A. Garson; Karthyn Harris; Martin Kammel; Mikael Kubista; Timothy D. McHugh; Jacob Moran-Gilad; Tania Nolan; Michael W. Pfaffl; Marc Salit; Greg Shipley; Peter M. Vallone; Jo Vandesompele; Carl Wittwer; Heinz Zeichhardt

doi:10.1093/clinchem/hvaa214

Cautionary Note on Contamination of Reagents Used for Molecular Detection of SARS-CoV-2

Jim F. Huggett
, Vladimir Benes
, Stephen A. Bustin
, Jeremy A. Garson
, Karthyn Harris
, Martin Kammel
, Mikael Kubista
, Timothy D. McHugh
, Jacob Moran-Gilad
, Tania Nolan
, Michael W. Pfaffl
, Marc Salit
, Greg Shipley
, Peter M. Vallone
, Jo Vandesompele
, Carl Wittwer
, Heinz Zeichhardt

Department of Health Policy and Management

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1369-1372
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Chemistry
Volume	66
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvaa214
State	Published - 1 Nov 2020

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

RT-qPCR
SARS-CoV-2
contamination
false positive
molecular diagnosis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Medicine

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Huggett, J. F., Benes, V., Bustin, S. A., Garson, J. A., Harris, K., Kammel, M., Kubista, M., McHugh, T. D., Moran-Gilad, J., Nolan, T., Pfaffl, M. W., Salit, M., Shipley, G., Vallone, P. M., Vandesompele, J., Wittwer, C., & Zeichhardt, H. (2020). Cautionary Note on Contamination of Reagents Used for Molecular Detection of SARS-CoV-2. Clinical Chemistry, 66(11), 1369-1372. https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvaa214

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Cautionary Note on Contamination of Reagents Used for Molecular Detection of SARS-CoV-2

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