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Table 4 Evaluation of different nucleic acid extraction methods in regard to their performance and suitability as POC tests(+++ = good; ++ = medium; + = weak)

From: Development of molecular confirmation tools for swift and easy rabies diagnostics

 

TRIzol & RNeasy

SpeedXtract

EZ1

KF Duo

Equipment costs

++

+++

+

++

Equipment size

++

+++

+

++

Reagent costs

++

+++

++

++

Set up time

+

++

++

++

Total processing time

+

+++

+

+++

Flexibility

++

++

+

+++

Robustness

+

++

++

++

Sensitivity

++

+++

++

+++

Contamination risk

++

++

+++

+++