A preliminary evaluation of normal saline as an alternative to viral transport medium for COVID-19 diagnosis
Indian J Med Res
.
2021 May;153(5&6):684-688.
doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_4346_20.
Authors
Biswajyoti Borkakoty
1
,
Aniruddha Jakharia
1
,
Nargis K Bali
2
,
Mandakini Das Sarmah
1
,
Rahul Hazarika
1
,
Gautam Baruah
1
,
Chandrakanta Bhattacharya
1
,
Dipankar Biswas
1
Affiliations
1
Regional VRDL, Indian Council of Medical Research-Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh 786 010, Assam, India.
2
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Sher-I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar 190 002, Jammu & Kashmir, India.
PMID:
34643568
PMCID:
PMC8555596
DOI:
10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_4346_20
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
COVID-19 Testing
COVID-19*
Humans
SARS-CoV-2
Saline Solution*
Specimen Handling
Substances
Saline Solution