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A SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing technique to analyze low-quality clinical samples (SABSOS project)

  • Funded by Institut Pasteur International Network (IPIN)
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Grant number: SABSOS

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    N/A

  • Funder

    Institut Pasteur International Network (IPIN)

  • Research Location

    France

  • Lead Research Institution

    N/A

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Pathogen: natural history, transmission and diagnostics

  • Research Subcategory

    Diagnostics

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    Not applicable

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

Aim: viral genomics is a key tool in the response to emerging disease outbreaks like that caused by SARS-CoV-2. But sequencing can be difficult because of poor quality samples or the low ratio of viral to host RNA. This technical project will implement and optimize an approach for processing clinical samples even if they are of poor quality and have a low viral load.This method has worked for other RNA viruses (chikungunya using samples with a very low load; dengue virus using individual mosquitoes; degraded Zika virus samples)