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Diagnostic assays that use the 2019-nCoV-N1 primer-probe are unlikely to be impacted by Omicron variant

In a study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, a team of researchers evaluated the performance of two different severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) diagnostic assays, ...
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Mismatches in the primer and probe sequences of current Monkeypox virus diagnostic assays require rectification to improve detection accuracy

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers analyzed the primer and probe sequences of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended ...
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Primers and Probes to Assay for SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Research Samples

Today, many scientists are investigating SARS-CoV-2 variants in their research projects. In order to facilitate screening for variants in these studies, IDT now offers qPCR primers and probes for SARS ...
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Primer and probe based QPCR

Primer and probe-based quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is a highly sensitive laboratory procedure used to measure DNA. Probes are designed based on a specific DNA sequence, so they only ...