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Fast and reliable diagnosis in connection with the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $280,496.48

  • Funder

    UFM Denmark

  • Principal Investigator

    Senior Consultant and Research Manager Henrik Krarup

  • Research Location

    Denmark

  • Lead Research Institution

    Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg University

  • 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

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

The combination of the three test systems developed by the project can help solve current problems regarding the scaling up of test capacity and speed, as well as the selection of suitable test material. The project works with four PCR- based methods, two quantitative (qPCR and ddPCR), one high throughput PCR, and a fast single-analysis PCR, that can provide an answer within 10 minutes. The goal is the adoption of a far more aggressive testing strategy, independent of existing supply chains.