Evaluation of two automated low-cost RNA extraction protocols for SARS-CoV-2 detection

Fernando Lázaro-Perona; Carlos Rodriguez-Antolín; Marina Alguacil-Guillén; Almudena Gutiérrez-Arroyo; Jesús Mingorance; Julio García-Rodriguez; on behalf of the SARS-CoV-2 Working Group

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0246302

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Evaluation of two automated low-cost RNA extraction protocols for SARS-CoV-2 detection

Fernando Lázaro-Perona ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fernando Lázaro-Perona, Carlos Rodriguez-Antolín

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
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Carlos Rodriguez-Antolín ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fernando Lázaro-Perona, Carlos Rodriguez-Antolín

Roles Methodology, Software

Affiliation Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6682-0771

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Marina Alguacil-Guillén,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1530-013X

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Almudena Gutiérrez-Arroyo,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
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Jesús Mingorance ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: jesus.mingorance@idipaz.es

Affiliation Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6173-5711

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Julio García-Rodriguez,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
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on behalf of the SARS-CoV-2 Working Group

¶Membership of the SARS-CoV-2 Working Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Affiliation Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
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Evaluation of two automated low-cost RNA extraction protocols for SARS-CoV-2 detection

Fernando Lázaro-Perona,
Carlos Rodriguez-Antolín,
Marina Alguacil-Guillén,
Almudena Gutiérrez-Arroyo,
Jesús Mingorance,
Julio García-Rodriguez,
on behalf of the SARS-CoV-2 Working Group

Published: February 16, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246302

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