So is Coronavirus testing ideally juts a qPCR reaction?
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yes, a one step RT-qPCR 500rxns for ~$1.3k = $2.60 per reactionhttps://www.takarabio.com/about/bioview-blog/research-news/screening-for-coronavirus-with-one-step-rt-qpcr-getting-ahead-of-the-outbreak …
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they have tests in stock, but they have a disclaimer that they aren't for human or commercial use, only research usepic.twitter.com/d80ag3rPex
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The authors who identified SARS-CoV-2, Zhu et. al published the linked, "A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019 " Feb 2020https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2001017 …
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In the supplemental material they published primers for the RT-qPCR reaction to detect Covid-19 aka 2019-nCoV. https://www.nejm.org/doi/suppl/10.1056/NEJMoa2001017/suppl_file/nejmoa2001017_appendix.pdf …
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