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Sequence mismatch in PCR probes may mask the COVID-19 detection in Nepal.

ABSTRACT: •Most of the COVID-19 cases in Nepal are in the Southern districts of Nepal bordering India with travel histories to India.•Very few positive cases of COVID-19 are detected in Nepal which could either be due to early national lockdown.•Low PCR positivity rates could also be due to inefficiency of the PCR methods.•Whole genomes of 93 clinical samples from COVID-19 patients were analyzed to find the primer and probe binding sites.•Mutations in probe binding sites were found which could impact PCR efficiency resulting in false negative results.

SUBMITTER: Rana DR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7233248 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Sequence mismatch in PCR probes may mask the COVID-19 detection in Nepal.

Rana Divya Rsjb DR Pokhrel Nischal N

Molecular and cellular probes 20200518

•Most of the COVID-19 cases in Nepal are in the Southern districts of Nepal bordering India with travel histories to India.•Very few positive cases of COVID-19 are detected in Nepal which could either be due to early national lockdown.•Low PCR positivity rates could also be due to inefficiency of the PCR methods.•Whole genomes of 93 clinical samples from COVID-19 patients were analyzed to find the primer and probe binding sites.•Mutations in probe binding sites were found which could impact PCR ...[more]

PMID: 32425334

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