Generic detection of coronaviruses and differentiation at the prototype strain level by RT-PCR and non-fluorescent low density microarray

L.K. de Souza Luna, V. Heiser, N. Regamey, M. Panning, J.F. Drexler, S. Mulangu, L. Poon, S. Baumgarte, B.J. Haijema, L. Kaiser, C. Drosten

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    Abstract

    A nonfluorescent low-cost, low-density oligonucleotide array was designed for detecting the whole coronavirus genus after reverse transcription (RT)-PCR. The limit of detection was 15.7 copies/reaction. The clinical detection limit in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome was 100 copies/sample. In 39 children suffering from coronavirus 229E, NL63, OC43, or HKU1, the sensitivity was equal to that of individual real-time RT-PCRs.

    Original languageUndefined/Unknown
    Pages (from-to)1049-1052
    Number of pages4
    JournalJournal of Clinical Microbiology
    Volume45
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2007

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