Qiagen QiaStat-Dx Viral Vesicular Panel

Qiagen has launched the QiaStat-Dx Viral Vesicular Panel. The research-use-only syndromic panel detects monkeypox and five other pathogens causing similar symptoms. Specifically, the test simultaneously detects the West African and Congo Basin clades of the monkeypox virus, herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2, human herpesvirus 6, varicella-zoster virus, and enterovirus. The Viral Vesicular Panel is currently intended for surveillance purposes only and runs on the firm's QiaStat-Dx instrument with a test time of approximately one hour.