TY - JOUR AU - McAuley, Julie AU - Fraser, Claire AU - Paraskeva, Elena AU - Trajcevska, Elizabeth AU - Sait, Michelle AU - Wang, Nancy AU - Bert, Eric AU - Purcell, Damian AU - Strugnell, Richard PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/10 TI - Optimal preparation of SARS-CoV-2 viral transport medium for culture JO - Virology Journal SP - 53 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - The sudden arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic placed significant stresses on supply chains including viral transport medium (VTM). The VTM that was urgently required needed to support viral replication, as well as other routine diagnostic approaches. We describe the preparation and validation testing of VTM for rapidly expanding diagnostic testing, where the capacity of the VTM to preserve viral integrity, for culture, isolation and full sequence analysis, was maintained. SN - 1743-422X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-021-01525-z DO - 10.1186/s12985-021-01525-z ID - McAuley2021 ER -