Project: A Multiplex Platform for Higher Sensitivity Detection of SARS-CoV2 [Funder: NSHA Research & Innovation, Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation, QEII Health Sciences Centre Foundation, IWK Foundation, DGHF, RNS]
- Funded by Other Funders (Canada)
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Key facts
Disease
COVID-19Funder
Other Funders (Canada)Principal Investigator
Dr Todd Hatchette Todd HatchetteResearch Location
CanadaLead Research Institution
Dalhousie UniversityResearch 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
Not Applicable
Vulnerable Population
Not applicable
Occupations of Interest
Not applicable
Abstract
This study will develop a new, digital droplet polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) COVID-19 test and determine whether it is more sensitive than the existing real-time PCR test.