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A one-step, one-tube real-time RT-PCR based assay with an automated analysis for detection of SARS-CoV-2
B Dharavath et al, Cell, July 7, 2020

We developed a rapid and accurate one-step multiplex TaqMan probe-based real-time RT-PCR assay, Our assay could detect to a limit of 15 copies of SARS-CoV-2 transcripts—based on experiments performed by spiking total human RNA with in vitro synthesized viral transcripts. The accuracy of the assay was found to be 100% sensitive and 100% specific.

COVID-19 in Latin America: Contrasting phylodynamic inference with epidemiological surveillance. (Molecular epidemiology of COVID-19 in Latin America)
DM Rojas-Gallardo et al, MEDRXIV, July 6, 2020

Sample Pooling as an efficient strategy for SARS-COV-2 RT-PCR screening: a multicenter study in Spain
A de Salazar et al, MEDRXIV, July 6, 2020

Mutational signatures and heterogeneous host response revealed via large-scale characterization of SARS-CoV-2 genomic diversity
A Graudenzi et al, BIORXIV, July 6, 2020

Gene Expression Network Analysis Provides Potential Targets Against SARS-CoV-2
AI Hernandez et al, BIORXIV, July 6, 2020

Comparison of three TaqMan Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR assays in detecting SARS-CoV-2
Y Xiao et al, BIORXIV, July 6, 2020

A Survey on Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Fighting Against COVID-19
J Chen et al, ARXIV, July 4, 2020

A guide to R — the pandemic’s misunderstood metric- What the reproduction number can and can’t tell us about managing COVID-19.
D Adam, Nature News, July 3, 2020