

SARS-CoV-2 RNA has also been detected in other sample types, but there is limited understanding of the clinical or laboratory significance of its detection in blood.

1 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK 2 Translational Gastroenterology Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK 3 Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK 4 NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK 5 Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK 6 Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RE, UK 7 Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK 8 Porton Down, Public Health England, Manor Farm Road, Porton Down, Salisbury, SP4 0JG, UK 9 Big Data Institute, Roosevelt Drive, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LF, UK 10 NHS Blood and Transfusion, 26 Margaret St, Marylebone, London, W1W 8NB, UK 11 University College London, Gower St, Bloomsbury, London, WC1E 6BT, UK 12 Public Health England, 61 Colindale Ave, London, NW9 5EQ, UK 13 NHS Blood and Transplant, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK 14 Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK 15 Component Development Laboratory, NHS Blood and Transplant, Cambridge Donor Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0PT, UK 16 Nuffield Department of Population Health, University Oxford Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LF, UK 17 NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UKīackground: Laboratory diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection (the cause of COVID-19) uses PCR to detect viral RNA (vRNA) in respiratory samples.
