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Gene Synthesis> | … The three target regions, included in a plasmid synthesized by Genscript (GenScript, Piscataway, NJ, USA), were amplified by PCR. A first purification was performed using a Monarch PCR & DNA Cleanup Kit (New England BioLabs, Ipswich, MA, USA) … | Get A Quote |
Toscana virus (TOSV) can cause central nervous system infections in both residents of and travelers to Mediterranean countries. Data mining identified three real-time RT-qPCR assays for detecting TOSV RNA targeting non-overlapping regions in the nucleoprotein gene. Here, they were combined to create a multi-region assay named Trio TOSV RT-qPCR consisting of six primers and three probes. In this study, (i) we evaluated in silico the three RT-qPCR assays available in the literature for TOSV detection, (ii) we combined the three systems to create the Trio TOSV RT-qPCR, (iii) we assessed the specificity and sensitivity of the three monoplex assays versus the Trio TOSV RT-qPCR assay, and (iv) we compared the perform... More