The GeneXpert Infinity is an automated cartridge-based
nucleic acid amplification test
A nucleic acid test (NAT) is a technique used to detect a particular nucleic acid sequence and thus usually to detect and identify a particular species or subspecies of organism, often a virus or bacterium that acts as a pathogen in blood, tissu ...
(NAAT) which is able to tell whether the subject fluid contains shreds of the
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) is a strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the respiratory illness responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The virus previously had the Novel coronavirus, provisional nam ...
virus,
amongst others.
It is manufactured by
Cepheid Inc.
References
Medical tests
Laboratory techniques
Molecular biology
Polymerase chain reaction
Biotechnology
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