The ‘Allplex™ RV Master Assay’ targets most respiratory viruses such as COVID-19, flu (Flu A, Flu B), and common colds (MPV, RSV, PIV, AdV, HRV). In particular, △Corona19 virus 3 genes △Flu A △Flu B △MPV (metapneumovirus) △RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) 2 types △PIV (parainfluenza virus) 4 types △Adv (adenovirus) 6 types △HRV (rhinovirus) 19 types of respiratory viruses are selected by targeting a total of 21 types including 3 types. Seegene announced that it was able to develop a product that accurately detects 19 types of viruses with one tube by utilizing the development experience accumulated in the field of molecular diagnostics for the past 20 years and unique patented technologies such as DPO, TOCE, and MuDT.
Respiratory viruses such as the flu, which have been greatly reduced due to wearing masks and social distancing around the world, are re-emerging with ‘With Corona’. As Australia, located in the southern hemisphere, enters winter, 10 to 15% of the survey subjects by city show symptoms of cough and fever. In addition, according to a recent clinical survey conducted by Seegene of 1,928 people in Europe with the ‘Allplex™ RV Master Assay’, 318 people (17% of the survey subjects) were infected with respiratory viruses other than Corona 19, and 7% of those infected were Twenty-two patients were found to be infected with two or more viruses.
Respiratory viruses have similar symptoms such as fever and cough, making it difficult to distinguish them from each other. If this causes a ‘twindemic’ in which COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses are prevalent at the same time, it is important to select which respiratory virus is infected with a prompt diagnosis. In particular, accurate diagnosis is essential because the treatment for COVID-19 and the flu (Flu A/B) are different. There is also a high risk of double infection. According to a British case published in the global medical journal The Lancet, the death rate increases by 2.4 times when infected with COVID-19 and the flu at the same time compared to when only infected with COVID-19. The ‘Allplex™ RV Master Assay’ is a product for this kind of situation, and it is evaluated as an optimal alternative in the era of ‘With Corona’ because it can quickly and accurately detect various respiratory viruses with similar symptoms with a single test.
Dr. Tove Havnhøj Frandsen of the Hospital of Southern Jutland in Denmark who conducted clinical trials with the ‘Allplex™ RV Master Assay’ twice last year and early this year It can detect almost all possible respiratory viruses. In the era of ‘with Corona’, it will be useful not only in Australia and South America where winter begins, but also in the world where the endemic is taking place.”
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