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EPISEQ® SARS-COV-2

for SARS-CoV-2 variant identification starting from NGS data

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Not for diagnostic use - English only

  • Ease of use 

    • A one click solution to identify SARS-CoV-2 variants starting from raw sequencing data

    • Direct import of FASTQ files:

      • Illumina® (paired-end or single-end)

      • Thermo Fisher Ion Torrent® 

      • Oxford Nanopore Technologies® 

    • A comprehensive report per sample is available for download

  • Microbiology expertise

    • Display of quality control information

    • Variant identification based on Nextstrain¹ and Pango² nomenclature

    • Weekly updates of the Pango and Nextstrain nomenclatures

    • List of mutations detected in all genes of the SARS-CoV-2 genome, including the spike gene

    • Identification of Variant of Concern based on WHO³ and CDC⁴

    • Alignment of reads against the reference available for download in BAM fomat 

    • Genome assembly available for download in FASTA format

¹ https://nextstrain.org/

²  https://cov-lineages.org/

³ https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports

⁴ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/variant-info.html

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