Volumetric Absorptive Microsampling: Its Use in Covid-19 Research and Testing
James Rudge, Stuart Kushon
Abstract
technology, proved to be highly effective. It allowed people to collect high-quality samples at home and post them to a laboratory. This enabled scientists to conduct large serosurveillance studies, with results showing that seroprevalence of COVID-19 was higher than initially expected. Furthermore, remote microsampling studies by several institutions were conducted to measure the relationship between antigen levels and antibody response and duration. VAMS technology was also used in COVID-19 clinical trials. In summary, the independent research reviewed in this paper proved that VAMS is an effective sample collection alternative.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSeroprevalenceSample (material)Data collectionMedicineMedical physicsVirologyStatisticsAntibodyImmunologyMathematicsInternal medicineChemistryChromatographySerologyOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseBiosimilars and Bioanalytical MethodsSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchBiosensors and Analytical Detection