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Infection clusters can elevate risk of diagnostic target failure for detection of SARS-CoV-2

The C29197T mutation is one of 4 point mutations known to cause N-gene target failure (NGTF) in the Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 and Xpert Omni SARS-CoV-2 assays from Cepheid (Sunnyvale, CA). We describe a high local prevalence in January of 8.5% (CI 4.9–14.2%) for the C29197T mutation, which was over 3-...

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Autores principales: Lopez, Denise, Roberts, Jill, Bourgeois, Marie, Kootstra, Joshua, Minnick, Sharon, Black, Allison, Mauss, Joshua, Flores, Nick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8849547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35171960
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264008