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Massive High Throughput COVID-19 Testing Using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS): Addressing the Urgent Need for Widescale Testing Capacity Within Communities. Dr. Nikhil Thomas Dalhousie University RNS Funding Contribution: $60,000 Funding Partners: Genome Canada Key Words: COVID-19, testing, DNA, molecular barcodes

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • start year

    2021

  • Funder

    Research Nova Scotia

  • Principal Investigator

    Dr. Nikhil Thomas

  • Research Location

    N/A

  • 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

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

COVID-19, testing, DNA, molecular barcodes