Validation of conventional PCR-like alternative to SARS-CoV-2 detection with target nucleocapsid protein gene in naso-oropharyngeal samples

• Rogério Fernandes Carvalho ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rogério Fernandes Carvalho, Monike da Silva Oliveira, Isac Gabriel Cunha dos Santos, Ana Carolina Muller Conti, José Carlos Ribeiro Júnior

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fcrogeriofc@hotmail.com

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Federal University of North Tocantins, Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0643-8914

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• Monike da Silva Oliveira ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rogério Fernandes Carvalho, Monike da Silva Oliveira, Isac Gabriel Cunha dos Santos, Ana Carolina Muller Conti, José Carlos Ribeiro Júnior

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

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• Juliane Ribeiro ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Laboratory of Virology and Molecular Biology, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

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• Isac Gabriel Cunha dos Santos ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rogério Fernandes Carvalho, Monike da Silva Oliveira, Isac Gabriel Cunha dos Santos, Ana Carolina Muller Conti, José Carlos Ribeiro Júnior

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Federal University of North Tocantins, Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil

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• Katyane de Sousa Almeida ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Federal University of North Tocantins, Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil

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• Ana Carolina Muller Conti ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rogério Fernandes Carvalho, Monike da Silva Oliveira, Isac Gabriel Cunha dos Santos, Ana Carolina Muller Conti, José Carlos Ribeiro Júnior

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Federal University of North Tocantins, Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil

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• Bruna Alexandrino ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Federal University of North Tocantins, Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil

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• Fabrício Souza Campos ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Federal University of Tocantins, Gurupi, Tocantins, Brazil

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• Célia Maria de Almeida Soares ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

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• José Carlos Ribeiro Júnior

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rogério Fernandes Carvalho, Monike da Silva Oliveira, Isac Gabriel Cunha dos Santos, Ana Carolina Muller Conti, José Carlos Ribeiro Júnior

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Federal University of North Tocantins, Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil

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