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Evaluation of the PowerChek™ Respiratory Virus Panel 1/2/3/4 for the Detection of 16 Respiratory Viruses: A Comparative Study with the Allplex™ Respiratory Panel Assay 1/2/3 and BioFire® Respiratory Panel 2.1 plus

  • Hyeongyu Lee,
  • Rokeya Akter,
  • Jong-Han Lee and
  • Sook Won Ryu
Diagnostics2025, 15(21), 2713;https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15212713

27 October 2025

Background/Objectives: Acute respiratory infections remain a major global public health concern affecting individuals across all ages. Accurate and rapid diagnosis of respiratory pathogens is crucial for effective patient management and infection con...

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Pre-Pandemic Distribution of Bacterial Species in Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens from Pediatric and Adult Patients Detected via RT-PCR Using the Allplex Respiratory Panel

  • Dong-Hyun Lee,
  • Young-Jin Choi,
  • Jieun Kim,
  • Eunhee Han and
  • Mi-Hyun Bae
Life2023, 13(9), 1840;https://doi.org/10.3390/life13091840

30 August 2023

Background: Recently, panel-based molecular diagnostics for the simultaneous detection of respiratory viruses and bacteria in nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) specimens have been highlighted. We identified the distribution of bacterial species in NPS specim...

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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Variants via Different Diagnostics Assays Based on Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Analysis

  • Eliana Specchiarello,
  • Giulia Matusali,
  • Fabrizio Carletti,
  • Cesare Ernesto Maria Gruber,
  • Lavinia Fabeni,
  • Claudia Minosse,
  • Emanuela Giombini,
  • Martina Rueca,
  • Fabrizio Maggi and
  • Anna Rosa Garbuglia
Diagnostics2023, 13(9), 1573;https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13091573

27 April 2023

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is characterized by fast evolution with the appearance of several variants. Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology is considered the gold standard for monitoring known and new SARS-CoV...

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First Case of a COVID-19 Patient Infected by Delta AY.4 with a Rare Deletion Leading to a N Gene Target Failure by a Specific Real Time PCR Assay: Novel Omicron VOC Might Be Doing Similar Scenario?

  • Mohammad Alkhatib,
  • Maria Concetta Bellocchi,
  • Greta Marchegiani,
  • Sandro Grelli,
  • Valeria Micheli,
  • Daniele Stella,
  • Bartolomeo Zerillo,
  • Luca Carioti,
  • Valentina Svicher and
  • Francesca Ceccherini-Silberstein
Microorganisms2022, 10(2), 268;https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10020268

25 January 2022

Herein, we report a case of an Italian male infected by Delta sublineage AY.4 harboring an atypical deletion, leading to a N gene target failure (NGTF) by a commercial molecular assay for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis (AllplexTM SARS-CoV-2 Assay, Seegene). A...

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