Category: Vector & Virus
Normalization of SARS-CoV-2 viral load via RT-qPCR provides higher-resolution data for comparison across time and between patients
The 2020 pandemic has reworked the world and elicited hundreds of research to raised perceive the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Viral load has been a typical measure to observe remedy therapies and affiliate viral dynamics with affected person outcomes; nevertheless, strategies related to viral load have diverse throughout research. These variations have the potential to sacrifice the…
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Selection and Validation of Reference Genes for RT-qPCR Analysis in Aegilops tauschii (Coss.) under Different Abiotic Stresses
Aegilops tauschii (Coss.) is an aggressive and severe annual grass weed in China. Its DD genome is a wealthy supply of genetic materials and performs higher beneath totally different abiotic stress circumstances (salinity, drought, temperature, and so on.). Reverse-transcribed quantitative polymerase chain response (RT-qPCR) is a dependable method for reference gene choice and validation. This work…
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Development of multiplex TaqMan qPCR for simultaneous detection and differentiation of eight common swine viral and bacterial pathogens
It’s laborious to diagnose the infections of classical swine fever virus (CSFV), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), porcine circovirus sort 2 (PCV2), and Suid herpesvirus 1 (SuHV-1) due to the same scientific signs in piglets. Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), Streptococcus suis (S. suis), Salmonella choleraesuis (S. choleraesuis, serotype: 6,7:c:1,5), and Escherichia coli (E.…
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Auto-qPCR; a python-based web app for automated and reproducible analysis of qPCR data
Quantifying modifications in DNA and RNA ranges is crucial in quite a few molecular biology protocols. Quantitative actual time PCR (qPCR) strategies have developed to grow to be commonplace, nonetheless, information evaluation contains many time-consuming and cumbersome steps, which might result in errors and misinterpretation of knowledge. To handle these bottlenecks, now we have developed…
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In vitro evaluation of the effect of mutations in primer binding sites on detection of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-qPCR
Quite a few RT-qPCR assays for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 have been printed and are listed by the WHO as advisable assays. Moreover, quite a few business assays with undisclosed primer and probe sequences are available on the market. Because the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic progresses, the virus accrues mutations, which in some circumstances – as seen…
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Rapid, early and accurate SARS-CoV-2 detection using RT-qPCR in primary care: a prospective cohort study (REAP-1)
Goals: We discover the significance of SARS-CoV-2 sentinel surveillance testing in major care throughout a regional COVID-19 outbreak in Austria. Design: Potential cohort examine. Setting: A single sentinel apply serving 22 829 individuals within the ski-resort of Schladming-Dachstein. Individuals: All 73 sufferers presenting with mild-to-moderate flu-like signs between 24 February and 03 April, 2020. Intervention: Nasopharyngeal sampling to detect SARS-CoV-2…
Read MoreA novel multiplex qPCR method for assessing the comparative lengths of telomeres
Background: The comparative size of telomeres is taken into account to be associated to ailments corresponding to most cancers, growing older, and cardiovascular ailments. qPCR is presently one of many primary strategies for detecting telomere size. Nevertheless, because of the distinctive sequence of telomeres (extremely repetitive six-base sequence), it’s tough to design primers and probes to…
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Author Correction: A simple and robust real-time qPCR method for the detection of PIK3CA mutations
Background: Extreme acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has precipitated a pandemic of pneumonia spreading all over the world, resulting in critical threats to public well being and attracting monumental consideration. There’s an pressing want for delicate diagnostic testing implementation to regulate and handle SARS-CoV-2 in public well being laboratories. The quantitative reverse transcription PCR (RT-qPCR) assay is…
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Validation of fetal microchimerism after pregnancy in the ovine using qPCR
Fetal microchimerism has been detected in maternal tissues of people and rodents throughout and after being pregnant. Research specializing in fetal DNA switch to maternal tissues in home animals are restricted, particularly in sheep. Fetal ram DNA was noticed within the maternal circulation throughout being pregnant, however it isn’t recognized if this chimerism persists in…
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Ultra-sensitive AAV capsid detection by immunocapture-based qPCR following factor VIII gene transfer
Adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene remedy vectors are replication-incompetent and thus pose minimal threat for horizontal transmission or launch into the surroundings. In research with AAV5-FVIII-SQ (valoctocogene roxaparvovec), an investigational gene remedy for hemophilia A, residual vector DNA was detectable in blood, secreta, and excreta, nevertheless it remained unclear how lengthy structurally intact AAV5 vector capsids…
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