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New Microbes New Infect. 2021 May;41:100874. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100874. Epub 2021 Mar 31.

TRIzol-based RNA extraction for detection protocol for SARS-CoV-2 of coronavirus disease 2019.

New microbes and new infections

A Amirouche, D Ait-Ali, H Nouri, L Boudrahme-Hannou, S Tliba, A Ghidouche, I Bitam, Wright, Renzaho

Affiliations

  1. Laboratoire de Biochimie Appliquée, CHU de Bejaia, Bejaia, Algeria.
  2. Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, CHU de Bejaia, Bejaia, Algeria.
  3. Laboratoire de Génie Biologique des Cancers, CHU de Bejaia, Bejaia, Algeria.
  4. Laboratoire de Microbiologie Appliquée, CHU de Bejaia, Bejaia, Algeria.
  5. Faculté de Médecine, Université de Bejaia, CHU de Bejaia, Bejaia, Algeria.
  6. Service des maladies infectieuses, CHU de Bejaia, Bejaia, Algeria.
  7. Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU de Bejaia, Bejaia, Algeria.
  8. Ecole Supérieure en Sciences de l'Aliment et des Industries Agroalimentaires (ESSAIA), El Harrach, Alger, Algeria.
  9. Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, VITROME, IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.

PMID: 33815807 PMCID: PMC8010344 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100874

Abstract

Diagnostic testing is important for managing the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). We developed an optimized protocol for SARS-CoV-2 RNA extraction from the surface of the respiratory mucosa with nasopharyngeal swabs and compared the sensitivity of RNA extraction methods. RNA extraction was performed using three different procedures (TRIzol, QIAamp, VMT-TRIzol) from nine positive SARS-CoV-2 samples. SARS-CoV-2 was detected by real-time reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) using a detection kit for SARS-CoV-2 (Sun Yat-sen University). Compared to RT-PCR results, there were no discernible differences in detection rates when comparing the three different extraction procedures. On the basis of these results, the use of TRIzol as a transport medium and RNA extraction method for SARS-CoV-2 detection may be a helpful alternative for laboratories facing shortages of commercial testing kits.

© 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Keywords: Diagnostic techniques; RT-PCR; SARS-CoV-2; TRIzol; throat swab

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