The product allows laboratories to validate the entire process of a molecular assay including extraction, reverse transcription, amplification, and detection. It is nuclease resistant and can be spiked into nuclease-rich patient samples such as nasal secretions or plasma. Each kit contains 6 individually packaged swabs.
Biosafety Level: 1
Product Format: Helix Elite™ Synthetic Standard
Strain Characteristics: The SARS-CoV-2 Process Control (Swabs) is made with RNA transcripts containing diagnostically relevant targets (CDC and WHO consensus sequences) encapsulated in a phage protein. Includes human respiratory epithelial cells.
Nucleotides contained in each swab (All positions in reference to GenBank Acc. NC_045512.2)