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 Coronavirus

Rapid and extraction-free detection of SARS-CoV-2 from saliva with colorimetric LAMP
MA Lalli et al, MEDRXIV, August 6, 2020

Repeat COVID-19 Molecular Testing: Correlation with Recovery of Infectious Virus, Molecular Assay Cycle Thresholds, and Analytical Sensitivity
V Gniazdowski et al, MEDRXIV, August 6, 2020

Rapid, reliable, and cheap point-of-care bulk testing for SARS-CoV-2 by combining hybridization capture with improved colorimetric LAMP (Cap-iLAMP)
L Bokelmann et al, MEDRXIV, August 6, 2020

Development of mass spectrometry-based targeted assay for direct detection of novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus from clinical specimens
S Renuse et al, MEDRXIV, August 6, 2020

Unwavering Regulatory Safeguards for COVID-19 Vaccines.
Shah Anand et al. JAMA 2020 Aug

Allocation of COVID-19 Relief Funding to Disproportionately Black Counties.
Kakani Pragya et al. JAMA 2020 Aug

COVID-19 Genomics and Precision Public Health Weekly Update
CDC, August 2020 

Rare Diseases and COVID-19
CDC COVID-19 Genomics and Precision Health Portal, August 2020 

This section of the portal lists all rare diseases, many of which are genetic diseases, that have been connected to COVID-19 in the literature. As of today, there are 84 diseases/conditions from the list of nearly 7,000 rare diseases extracted from the NIH website that are related to COVID-19 literature or news and reports.