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COVID-19 Research Guide

Tulane researchers in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Primate Research Center, and Science and Engineering are addressing the disease on several fronts

CDC Guidelines

Interim Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens from Patients Under Investigation (PUIs) for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
CDC
Interim Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines for Handling and Processing Specimens Associated with 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
CDC
Real-Time RT-PCR Panel for Detection 2019-Novel Coronavirus
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Respiratory Viruses Branch, Division of Viral Diseases
2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-time rRT-PCR Panel Primers and Probes

2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-time rRT-PCR Panel Primers and Probes
Fields are Name, Description, Oligonucleotide Sequence (5’>3’), Label1 and Working
Conc.CDC

2019-nCoV Acute Respiratory Disease: Guidance for Clinical Diagnostic Laboratories
This web page, updated on January 31, 2020, links to six documents that provide guidance to clinical diagnostic laboratories on the handling and processing of specimens associated with 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease (also known as Wuhan novel coronavirus). Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH).

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