Respiratory Panel Sequencing Service Add-on for Wastewater

This testing service covers Respiratory NGS testing that includes sequencing preparation, data analysis, and consolidated report. This test allows for the identification of novel variants and assess the relative abundance of respiratory pathogen subtypes. The target regions for this kit are:

• H and N regions of influenza A (H1 and H3)
• H and N regions of influenza B (Victoria)
• S and N regions of SARS-CoV-2
• F and G regions of RSV A and B

This add-on testing can be applied to any sample received by our laboratory that has already been quantified using our digital PCR (dPCR) testing service for the presence of Influenza A, Influenza B, SARS-CoV-2, and RSV. This stands as a quality check to ensure sequencing is not performed and charges are not billed for a sample that does not contain respiratory pathogens of interest. This offering can be packaged together as an add-on to our dPCR testing service (Cat# 200450) that includes sample collection kit, prepaid overnight return shipping to our laboratory for processing, extraction, dPCR quantification of Influenza A, and dPCR reporting.

Note: If you would like to send extracted RNA sent to our laboratory for sequencing, please contact us for a quote.

To our knowledge, this is the first testing service of it’s kind developed and optimized for NGS detection of respiratory pathogens in wastewater.