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. 2020 Oct:53:101599.
doi: 10.1016/j.mcp.2020.101599. Epub 2020 May 18.

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

Divya Rsjb Rana  1 , Nischal Pokhrel  2
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Sequence mismatch in PCR probes may mask the COVID-19 detection in Nepal

Divya Rsjb Rana et al. Mol Cell Probes. 2020 Oct.

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.

Keywords: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); Global initiative on sharing of all influenza data (GISAID); India; Mutation; Nepal; Polymerase chain reaction.

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