Salma Kaoual
Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Biology, University of Monastir, Tunisia
Publications
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Research Article
Virological Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 in a Tunisian Orthopedic Institute
Author(s): Hajer Kilani*, Salma Kaoual, Hadhemi Nakaa, Yomna BenLamine, Lamia Chatti, Rim Ben Jemaa and Sophia Bouhalila Besbes
Background: The objective of this study was to investigate the epidemiological profile of the virological diagnosis of COVID 19 at Mohamed Kassab Institute of Orthopedics. Methods: The virological diagnosis was performed by RT-PCR from november 2020 to september 2021 on 33505 nasopha- ryngeal swabs which different reagent kits were used: Allplex® 2019 nCoV Assay, WANTAI® SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR, WOND- FO® 2019- nCoV Real-Time RT-PCR Assay, GENESIG® Real time PCR coronavirus (COVID-19), GENESIG® COVID-19 2G . The duration from onset to laboratory test in COVID-19 suspected cases and contact individuals ranged from 0 to 14 days with a median of 3 days. The present study provides some genetic information on the lineages of SARS-CoV-2 that cir- culated in Tunisia over 6 months from april to september 2021. Lineages were assigned fo.. Read More»