SINGLE CHIP INTEGRATED VIRAL RNA EXTRACTION AND RT-PCR FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE IDENTIFICATION FROM BLOOD SAMPLE

This paper presents an integrated lab-on-a-chip (LOC) microdevice that includes viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) extraction from blood samples and RNA amplification through a one-step reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method for application on point-of-care (POC) infectious disease diagnostics.