CDC has released Interim Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens from PUIs for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). COPAN’s Kit of 3mL UTM® & 2 FLOQSwabs™ can be used to investigate novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as per CDC guidelines. more...
Based on CDC guidelines for clinical specimens, swabs with synthetic fibers and plastic shafts, like Puritan flock swabs, should be used for nasopharyngeal collections when 2019-nCoV is suspected. It’s important not to use calcium alginate swabs or those with wooden shafts. more...
Microbiologics is your trusted partner in biomaterials for research of the 2019n-CoV. We offer live & inactivated 229E and OC43 coronaviruses (which contain the entire RNA virus genome) and subgenomic DNA clones of the HKU and NL66 coronaviruses. more...
Adam Herridge, Product Manager at Primerdesign, talks to rapidmicrobiology.com about the genesig 2019-nCoV qPCR Kit, the first diagnostics kit to be made in Europe with 100% specificity, and relays to us his concerns over his competitor's products. more...
A successful diagnostic test begins at sample collection because improper sampling can result in an inadequate specimen, rendering a diagnostic test inconclusive or incorrect. more...
On the frontline developing qPCR primers/probes to detect 2019-nCoV is Prof. Antonio Marinez-Murcia, CEO of Genetic PCR Solutions (GPS™). In this interview with rapidmicrobiolgy.com, he talks about why their ready-to-use qPCR format can detect multiple variants of this virus. more...
