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Could dry swabs provide cheaper, safer and faster material for SARS-CoV-2 testing? – News-Medical.Net
A new study deals with the feasibility of using dry swab samples to isolate the virus, as compared to wet swabs, to reduce costs while improving safety.
The heavy social and economic toll of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to upscaling of testing strategies for the causative pathogen, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
A new study, released as a preprint on the bioRxiv* server, deals with the feasibility of using dry swab samples to isolate the virus, as compared to wet swabs, to reduce costs while improving safety.
The need for the study
Currently, most diagnostic tests depend on the reverse…
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