The presence of COVID-19 virus can be detected in throat or nasal swabs as well as saliva samples The detection method uses technologies that detects presence of the virus through its gene or protein expression. For gene expression analysis, the collected samples need to immediately be transferred to a stabilisation/transport solution that will protect the viral RNA for its subsequent use and analysis by qRT-PCR.
Viral Nucleic Acid Extraction Kits & Sample stabilisation
| Supplier | Code | Name | Size | Sample type | Unit size | Price |
| SignalChem | 8100805 | Sample Collection Kit for Throat Sampling (CE-Marked) | 500 preps | Throat swabs | 2ml / tube | £979 |
| SignalChem | 8100812 | Sample Collection Kit for Nasal Sampling (CE-Marked) | 500 preps | Nasal swabs | 3ml / tube |
£1189 |
| Vazyme | R513 | Sample Stabilizer | 50 sets | Nasopharyngeal swabs | 3 ml / tube | £130 |
| Salimetrics | 5016.02 | Saliva Collection Aid (CE-Marked) | 50 preps | Saliva/Sputum | £70 | |
| Salimetrics | 5001.02 | Salimetrics Oral Swab (SOS) (CE Marked) | 50 | Saliva/Sputum | £50 | |
| Salimetrics | 5001.05 | Swab Storage Tube (SST) | 50 | Saliva/Sputum | £39 | |
| Salimetrics | 5001.06 | Salimetrics Childrens Swab (SCS) (CE Marked) | 50 | Saliva/Sputum | £83 | |
| Salimetrics | 5001.08 | Salimetrics Infant Swab (SIS) (CE Marked) | 50 | Saliva/Sputum | £67 | |
| Salimetrics | 5023.00 | Swab Tube Storage Box (Holds 49 tubes) (7×7) | each | Saliva/Sputum | £13 |
COVID-19 viral RNA needs to be extracted and purified from the collected nasopharyngeal swab samples prior to being use in viral detection kits – this procedure requires specialised purification kits that can only be handled by specialised scientists or technicians in dedicated laboratories. The RNA preparation usually takes approximately between 10min and 30min.
| Supplier | Code | Name | Size | Sample |
| Jena | PP-235S | Viral RNA+DNA Preparation Kit | 50 preparations | Spin column based RNA+DNA purification from blood, serum, tissue or cell culture |
| Jena | PP-235L | Viral RNA+DNA Preparation Kit | 5 x 50 preparations | Spin column based RNA+DNA purification from blood, serum, tissue or cell culture |
| Vazyme | RC312-01 | FastPure Viral DNA/RNA Mini Kit | 50 tests / kit | Applicable to specimen collection from plasma, serum, nasopharyngeal swabs, sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, ascites, supernatant of cultured cell and urine. |
| Vazyme | RC312-02 | FastPure Viral DNA/RNA Mini Kit | 100 tests / kit | Applicable to specimen collection from plasma, serum, nasopharyngeal swabs, sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, ascites, supernatant of cultured cell and urine. |
| Supplier | Code | Name | Size | Sample |
| Jena | PP-210S | Total RNA Purification Kit | 50 preparations | small amounts of various samples including blood, animal and plant tissue, bacteria and viruses. |
| Jena | PP-210L | Total RNA Purification Kit | 250 preparations | small amounts of various samples including blood, animal and plant tissue, bacteria and viruses. |
| US Biological | 299031 | RNA Extraction, Whole Blood, BioAssay™ Kit | 50 extractions | whole blood samples |
| US Biological | 348304 | genesig Easy DNA/RNA Extraction Kit (50 Extractions) | 50 extractions | Whole blood, Serum, Plasma, Saliva, Sputum, Faeces, Urine, Tissue, Food, Bacterial culture broth |
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