Diagnostic Testing for 2019-nCoV

Source: Center for Health Security [Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health]. Published: 1/28/2020. Diagnostic testing for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is undertaken using two approaches: whole genome sequencing, and real-time reverse transcriptase PCR (rRT-PCR). This two-page fact sheet details how sequencing was used primarily in the early days of the outbreak for initial identification of this novel virus and is largely a tool of viral discovery. Currently, almost all diagnostic testing for nCoV is done using rRT-PCR. (PDF)
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