rRT-PCR
The plan piggybacks on national influenza surveillance, testing flu-negative samples using the CDC's rRT-PCR test for the novel coronavirus.
CDC Provides Test Protocol for Novel Coronavirus, Preps Kits for Local Use
The agency plans to make test kits available to state and international partners in the next two weeks. It also provided updated information about the virus.
Genetic Search Uncovers Multiple Pathogens in Many Individual Ticks
A PCR-based look at pathogens and parasites in adult Ixodes ricinus ticks from France identified multiple pathogens in more than 20 percent of adult individuals tested.
Genetic Surveillance Study Finds Flu Viruses at Two US Swine Markets
Using a combination of approaches, researchers characterized influenza A viruses at two live animal swine markets in Minnesota.
Longhorn wins FDA EUA for H1N1 flu test; UC-Davis offering RT-PCR respiratory viral panel test.