Correction: Comparative analysis of various clinical specimens in detection of SARS-CoV-2 using rRT-PCR in new and follow up cases of COVID-19 infection: Quest for the best choice.

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Comparative analysis of various clinical specimens in detection of SARS-CoV-2 using rRT-PCR in new and follow up cases of COVID-19 infection: Quest for the best choice.

Background: An appropriate specimen is of paramount importance in Real Time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) based diagnosis of novel coronavirus (nCoV) disease (COVID-19). Thus, it's pertinent to evaluate various diversified clinical specimens' diagnostic utility in both diagnosis and follow-up of COVID-19.

Methods: A total of 924 initial specimens from 130 COVID-19 symptomatic cases before initiation of treatment and 665 follow up specimens from 15 randomly selected cases comprising of equal number of nasopharyngeal swab (NPS), oropharyngeal swab (OPS), combined NPS and OPS (Combined swab), sputum, plasma, serum and urine were evaluated by rRT-PCR.

Effective pragmatic approach of diagnosis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis by high-resolution melt curve assay.

Background: Effective management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) requires cost-effective and rapid screening of rifampicin (RIF) and isoniazid (INH) resistance. Accordingly, a highly promising high-resolution melting (HRM) analysis was evaluated in the detection of mutation in rpoB, katG gene and inhA promoter region in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates.

Methods: A total of 143 M.