Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nKey-Points<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The VTM kits are the first-stop source used to collect nasal and oral swab specimens from an individual source to a laboratory safely for culture and testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The kit consists of a comprehensive solution specially formulated for the collection and transport of SARS-CoV-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To bring down the cost of kits, IIT has used materials that are available in the local market and they are as per the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These kits comprise two transport media, one for nasopharyngeal and the other for oropharyngeal specimen collection swabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The complete package is suitable for the collection, transport, maintenance, and long-term freezer storage of viral specimens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The unique formulation of the transport medium helps in preserving the viability of viruses for up to 72 hours (at refrigerated temperatures).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The swabs have been designed ergonomically with a pre-molded breakpoint on their shaft for enabling secure sampling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, in association with RR Animal Healthcare Ltd and Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), has developed low-cost diagnostic kits. These are Viral Transport Media (VTM) kits, RT-PCR kits, and RNA isolation kits. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The VTM kits are the first-stop source used to collect nasal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":404,"featured_media":23679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[870],"tags":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-23678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-2020"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23680,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23678\/revisions\/23680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23678"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=23678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}