Kinda no. You'd have to sequence the sample like they did the virus, then (somehow) filter out 000's of different kinds of other organic gunk to find your bogey. Most biochem testing is about isolating, amplifying, and purifying living samples to boost the signal you're hunting.
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The tests use polymerase chain reaction which means you need to start with DNA primers and probes. So not generic exactly, although the procedure is general (disclaimer: not a biologist, will defer to any who show up).
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The missing manual https://www.fda.gov/media/134922/download …
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As best I understand, no, not at this time. I've seen choosing the primers to use as being more art than science. There are various issues that can result in poor results. That doesn't mean software can't help spot problems or generate candidates, tho. http://www.premierbiosoft.com/tech_notes/PCR_Primer_Design.html …
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In fact, here's a comparison of seven packages. https://primerdigital.com/tools/soft.html
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If I understand correctly, the main form of testing is for RNA sequences from the virus. So: 1. no definitely not a software problem; 2. sort of like that but very noisy and harder to do; 3. not really but the graph looks a bit similar I guess; 4. yes.
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Don’t think so. Genome -> transcriptome -> proteome -> metabolome. Too many confounding variables.
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sequencing itself is partly a software problem as you have to put the pieces back together but for detection you normally amplify a certain specific bit of the DNA using PCR. selecting that part and designing the primers are also software problems (disclaimer: not a biochemist)
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