Modifying a Diagnostic SARS-CoV-2 Spike PCR to Turn a Del69/70 Dropout into a Discriminatory On-Target Assay

J Mol Diagn. 2021 Jun;23(6):777-778. doi: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2021.03.007. Epub 2021 Apr 13.

Authors

Dominik Nörz¹, Susanne Pfefferle¹, Moritz Grunwald¹, Nicole Fischer¹, Martin Aepfelbacher¹, Marc Lütgehetmann²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.
² Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address: mluetgeh@uke.de.

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
SARS-CoV-2*
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus / genetics

Substances

Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus