WHO says COVID variants will ‘pick off’ the most vulnerable people. There are many different variants of the virus worldwide. This makes detection of the variants particularly important.
We are glad to share that our product DV101 SARS-CoV-2 Nucleic Acid Detection Kit (Multiplex Real Time RT-PCR) can detect 4 different COVID-19 Variants:
1. Alpha B.1.1.7 UK
2. Beta B.1.351 South Africa
3. Gamma B.1.1.28 Brazil
4. Kappa B.1.617.1; Delta B.1.617.2; B.1.617.3 India
This kit detects the ORF1ab and N genes. Sequence alignment confirm that the mutation regions of these four COVID-19 variants do not overlap with the conserved regions where the designed primer probes binds.
Principle:
The kit is designed for detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA in specimens using multiplex real-time RT-PCR technology with primers and probes targeting the conserved regions of ORF1ab and N genes. Simultaneously, this kit contains an endogenous control (The internal control RNase P gene is detected by Cy5 channel.) to monitor the process of specimen collection, nucleic acid extraction and PCR and reduce false-negative results.
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