Validation of the VirCapSeq-VERT system for differential diagnosis, detection, and surveillance of viral infections

J Clin Microbiol. 2024 Jan 17;62(1):e0061223. doi: 10.1128/jcm.00612-23. Epub 2023 Dec 14.

Vishal Kapoor^{1

2}, Thomas Briese^{1

3}, Amit Ranjan¹, William M Donovan¹, Mahesh M Mansukhani⁴, Rashmi Chowdhary⁵, W Ian Lipkin^{1

3

4

6}

¹ Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
² Rabindranath Tagore University, Bhopal, India.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
⁴ Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons,Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
⁵ All India Institute for Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, India.
⁶ Department of Neurology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.

Abstract

Broad range assay for accurate and sensitive diagnostics.

Keywords: VirCapSeq; analytical validation; clinical microbiology; clinical validation; diagnostics; sequencing.