Virus test
These tests (sometimes called ‘swab’ or ‘antigen’ tests) check to see if you are currently infected with the virus.
The swab is taken from your nose and throat.
Alternatively, a saliva sample might be used.
Virus test samples
This type of test usually involves collecting a ‘swab’ sample from the nose, mouth, and/or throat. A swab is a small piece of soft, absorbent material on a plastic stick.
Some virus tests use saliva samples, collected into a small container, to check for the virus. However, this type of sampling is not yet done routinely in the UK.
You may collect swab and saliva samples at home yourself (this can also be referred to as ‘self-sampling’), or you can get a healthcare professional to do it. The sample is then sent to a laboratory to check for genetic material from the virus.
This product contains 48 extractions per bag, and is a multiplex fluorescent probe-based Taqman RT-qPCR assay system. Specific primers and probes were designed for the detection of conserved region of virus ORF1ab gene and N gene, respectively. An Internal control serves as the monitor to confirm successful extraction and identify possible PCR inhibition for the entire testing system to prevent false negative detection results.
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