There are currently eight labs in Alabama, including the Fungal Reference Lab at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), decoding COVID-19 DNA. The process is called viral genome sequencing.
“Primary samples are coming from patients in the hospital that test positive for COVID PCR or by COVID antigen tests. And so, a subset of these samples, not every single one, but a subset are being subjected to this novel method called viral genome sequencing,” explained Dr. Sixto Leal, Jr., MD, PhD, Department of Pathology, UAB.
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