Abstract Background/Case Studies The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic
disrupted the global blood supply. Low‐and middle‐income countries (LMICs) already …

Diagnostic testing is important for managing the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). We
developed an optimized protocol for SARS-CoV-2 RNA extraction from the surface of the …

Objectives The aim was to determine whether various clinical specimens obtained from
COVID-19 patients contain the infectious virus. Methods To demonstrate whether various …

We developed a convenient method for amplifying the complete SARS-CoV-2 sequence
using in-house RT-PCR without virus culture. Forty-one stored throat swabs and blood …

With the outbreak of unknown pneumonia in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, a new
coronavirus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), aroused …

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2/coronavirus disease 2019 (SARS-
CoV-2/COVID-19) pandemic has severely impacted global societies and taken hundreds of …

Abstract Background Although the SARS-CoV-2 virus is transmitted mainly through the
respiratory tract, possible transmission by transfusion from asymptomatic carriers should be …

Abstract Background: SARS-CoV-2 seems to be mainly transmissible via respiratory
droplets. We compared the time-dependent SARS-CoV-2 viral load in serial pharyngeal …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) ribonucleic acid (RNA) in urine and blood specimens, and …

Absence of SARS-CoV-2 viraemia in a blood donor with COVID-19 post-donation The
recent COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has posed significant challenges to the …