2020
Analytical sensitivity and efficiency comparisons of SARS-CoV-2 RT–qPCR primer–probe sets
Vogels CBF, Brito AF, Wyllie AL, Fauver JR, Ott IM, Kalinich CC, Petrone ME, Casanovas-Massana A, Catherine Muenker M, Moore AJ, Klein J, Lu P, Lu-Culligan A, Jiang X, Kim DJ, Kudo E, Mao T, Moriyama M, Oh JE, Park A, Silva J, Song E, Takahashi T, Taura M, Tokuyama M, Venkataraman A, Weizman OE, Wong P, Yang Y, Cheemarla NR, White EB, Lapidus S, Earnest R, Geng B, Vijayakumar P, Odio C, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Farhadian S, Dela Cruz CS, Iwasaki A, Ko AI, Landry ML, Foxman EF, Grubaugh ND. Analytical sensitivity and efficiency comparisons of SARS-CoV-2 RT–qPCR primer–probe sets. Nature Microbiology 2020, 5: 1299-1305. PMID: 32651556, PMCID: PMC9241364, DOI: 10.1038/s41564-020-0761-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2SARS-CoV-2 RTSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirusAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirusViral RNA copiesPublic health laboratoriesPublic health interventionsReverse transcription-PCR assaySARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testingDiagnostic assaysTranscription-PCR assaySARS-CoV-2 evolutionQuantitative reverse transcription-PCR assaysRapid diagnostic assaysHealth laboratoriesHealth interventionsDiagnostic testingRNA copiesPrimer-probe setsAssaysLow sensitivityCritical needAnalytical sensitivity
1992
Recurrent Genital Infection in the Guinea Pig: Differences between Herpes Simplex Types 1 and 2
Landry M, Myerson D, Bull C. Recurrent Genital Infection in the Guinea Pig: Differences between Herpes Simplex Types 1 and 2. Intervirology 1992, 34: 169-179. PMID: 1339184, DOI: 10.1159/000150279.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAnimalsFemaleGenetic VariationGuinea PigsHerpes GenitalisNervous System DiseasesRecurrenceSimplexvirusVirus SheddingConceptsHSV-2 strainsHSV-2HSV-1Genital infectionRecurrence rateHSV-1 McKrae strainType 1Herpes simplex virus type 2Simplex virus type 2Recurrent genital infectionsHerpes simplex type 1Guinea pig modelHSV type 1Simplex type 1HSV-1 strainsVirus type 2Vaginal virusAcute infectionLesion recurrenceOcular infectionsMcKrae strainGenital tractNervous systemType 2Guinea pigs