Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
T331 |
0-25 |
Sentence |
denotes |
RNA isolation and RT-qPCR |
T332 |
26-373 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The standard diagnostic pipeline of the hospital laboratory was as follows: RNA was isolated from nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swab specimens using QIAGEN kits (QIAGEN, Hilden, Germany); either automated on the QIASymphony (DSP Virus/Pathogen Mini Kits) or QIAcube (QIAamp Viral RNA Mini Kits) devices or manually (QIAamp Viral RNA Mini Kits). |
T333 |
374-554 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Please note that the QiaCube uses a sample volume of 140 μl and an elution volume of 100 μl, whereas the QiaSymphony uses a sample volume of 200 μl and an elution volume of 115 μl. |
T334 |
555-702 |
Sentence |
denotes |
RT-qPCR for the quantification of the SARS-CoV-2 viral genome was performed using kits and reagents from TIB MOLBIO Syntheselabor, Berlin, Germany. |
T335 |
703-859 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The kits were used according to the manufacturer’s instruction and contained the primer/probe sets developed based on the published Sarbeco primer set (15). |
T336 |
860-1073 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Per 20-μl reaction, the master mix contained 5.4 μl of RNAse free water, 4.0 μl of LightCycler Multiplex RNA Virus Master (Roche, Basel, Switzerland), 0.5 μl of LightMix Modular SARS and Wuhan CoV E gene (cat. no. |
T337 |
1074-1190 |
Sentence |
denotes |
53-0776-96; TIB MOLBIOL Syntheselabor GmbH, Berlin, Germany) or LightMix Modular SARS and Wuhan CoV N gene (cat. no. |
T338 |
1191-1280 |
Sentence |
denotes |
53-0775-96; TIB MOLBIOL), 0.5 μl of LightMix Modular EAV RNA Extraction Control (cat. no. |
T339 |
1281-1418 |
Sentence |
denotes |
66-0909-96; TIB MOLBIOL), and 0.1 μl of reverse transcriptase enzyme (LightCycler Multiplex RNA Virus Master, Roche, Basel, Switzerland). |
T340 |
1419-1537 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The master mix (10 μl) was distributed per reaction into 96-well plates, and 10 μl of purified RNA was added per well. |
T341 |
1538-1623 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The performance of the RT-qPCR was validated using a positive control for the E gene. |
T342 |
1624-1708 |
Sentence |
denotes |
A total of 103 molecules of E gene RNA per RT-qPCR reaction correspond to a CT ≈ 30. |