SARS-CoV-2 Testing in the Community: Testing Positive Samples with the TaqMan SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Panel To Find Variants in Real Time
| Autor: | Ashford, Fiona, Best, Angus, Dunn, Steven J, Ahmed, Zahra, Siddiqui, Henna, Melville, Jordan, Wilkinson, Samuel, Mirza, Jeremy, Cumley, Nicola, Stockton, Joanne, Ferguson, Jack, Wheatley, Lucy, Ratcliffe, Elizabeth, Casey, Anna, Plant, Tim, COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium, Quick, Joshua, Richter, Alex, Loman, Nicholas, McNally, Alan |
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| Přispěvatelé: | McNally, Alan [0000-0002-3099-630X], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Hayden, Randall |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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real time
Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences SARS-CoV-2 Prevention Human Genome COVID-19 Biological Sciences variants of concern Medical and Health Sciences Microbiology Vaccine Related genome sequencing Emerging Infectious Diseases Good Health and Well Being PCR COVID-19 Testing COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium genotyping Biodefense Mutation Genetics Humans Lung SNPs |
| Zdroj: | Journal of clinical microbiology, vol 60, iss 4 |
| Popis: | Genome sequencing is a powerful tool for identifying SARS-CoV-2 variant lineages; however, there can be limitations due to sequence dropout when used to identify specific key mutations. Recently, ThermoFisher Scientific has developed genotyping assays to help bridge the gap between testing capacity and sequencing capability to generate real-time genotyping results based on specific variants. Over a 6-week period during the months of April and May 2021, we set out to assess the ThermoFisher TaqMan mutation panel genotyping assay, initially for three mutations of concern and then for an additional two mutations of concern, against SARS-CoV-2-positive clinical samples and the corresponding COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK) sequencing data. We demonstrate that genotyping is a powerful in-depth technique for identifying specific mutations, is an excellent complement to genome sequencing, and has real clinical health value potential, allowing laboratories to report and take action on variants of concern much more quickly. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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