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]

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19
  • Funder

    Other Funders (Canada)
  • Principal Investigator

    Dr Todd Hatchette Todd Hatchette
  • Research Location

    Canada
  • Lead Research Institution

    Dalhousie 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

    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.