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A mobile DNA laboratory for forensic science adapted to coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis

Patrick Touron 1,2 & Christian Siatka 3,4 & Amaury Pussiau 2 & Sébastien Follot 2 & Thibaud Fritz 2 & Mikaël Petit 1 & Noussair Latifa 5 & Jean-Louis Herrmann 5 & Martin Rottman 5 & Antoinette Lemoine 6 & Sylvain Hubac 2,4

Received: 18 May 2020 / Accepted: 9 July 2020

# Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020

Abstract

The Forensic Science Institute of the French “Gendarmerie Nationale” (IRCGN™) developed in 2015 an ISO 17025 certified mobile DNA laboratory for genetic analyses. This Mobil’DNA laboratory is a fully autonomous and adaptable mobile laboratory to perform genetic analyses in the context of crime scenes, terrorism attacks or disasters. To support the hospital task force in Paris during the peak of the COVID-19 epidemic, we adapted this mobile genetic laboratory to perform high-throughput molecular screening for coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 by real-time PCR. We describe the adaptation of this Mobil’DNA lab to assist in Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis.

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1.  PJGN, 5 Boulevard de l’Hautil, 95000 Cergy, France
2.  IRCGN, 5 Boulevard de l’Hautil, 95000 Cergy, France
3.  Université de Nîmes, 7 Place Gabriel Péri, 30000 Nîmes, France
4.  Ecole de l’ADN, 19 grand rue, Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, 30000 Nîmes, France
5.  Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris INSERM U1173, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, 78180 Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France
6.  Département Médical Universitaire de Biologie-Génétique-Pharmacie, AP-HP, Université Paris Saclay, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

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