Company On HudsonAlpha Campus Launches SARS-CoV-2 Virus ID For COVID-19 Respiratory Infection

Alabama News Center | March 19, 2020 @ 2:00 pm

By Alabama NewsCenter Staff

Diatherix Eurofins, a viral and bacterial testing company on the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology campus in Huntsville, announced it has developed a test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the cause of the COVID-19 respiratory infection.

Diatherix will begin accepting specimens for testing as of March 17.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encourages clinicians to test for multiple causes of respiratory illness. Diatherix has developed the new COVID-19 Panel, which includes the SARS-CoV-2 virus along with five bacterial pathogens that are known to be more prevalent and relevant to the severity of complications in both upper and lower respiratory tract infections.

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