Sample stability for congenital cytomegalovirus assay using Alethia after prolonged storage at different temperatures

Mengistu Hailemariam; Zeleke Mekonnen; Eveline Nys; Elizaveta Padalko

doi:10.30574/gscarr.2021.7.1.0065

Authors

Mengistu Hailemariam School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Hawassa University college of Medicine and Health Sceinces, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
Zeleke Mekonnen School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jimma University Institute of Health Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Eveline Nys Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Elizaveta Padalko Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30574/gscarr.2021.7.1.0065

Keywords:

Congenital cytomegalovirus, Alethia, sample storage

Abstract

Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is a leading non-genetic cause of sensorineural hearing. Alethia CMV assay is proved to be accurate, simple and appears suitable for CMV testing using neonatal saliva. However, long storage of swab samples is not validated across different time periods and storage temperature. This study verifies the effects of storage time and temperature in detection of CMV from saliva samples using molecular assay developed by Alethia.

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