"Anhui Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the food safety rapid detection team of Hefei University of Technology, with the support of the epidemic research project, jointly developed a new type of coronavirus (2019-nCoV) nucleic acid isothermal amplification rapid detection test strip detection reagent has achieved a breakthrough. Progress." Liu Zhirong, director of the Anhui Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, introduced that the reagent uses isothermal amplification technology for detection without relying on complex and expensive instruments. It has the characteristics of simple operation and high sensitivity, and is especially suitable for primary screening and epidemiological inspection sites. To promote the use.

At present, the research team of Anhui Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Anhui Deep Blue Medical Co., Ltd. have developed a new coronavirus antibody rapid detection test strip, which can directly detect the blood samples to be tested by colloidal gold immunochromatography technology, which can not only detect the samples quickly and accurately The level of IgG/gM antibody to the new coronavirus in China, and the detection time is greatly shortened, and the test result can be quickly read out by observing the color of the test strip with the naked eye. The clinical application of this method will help to improve the detection rate of 2019-nCoV infection, and it can effectively identify both newly infected and past infected persons. Therefore, the popularization and application can effectively assist epidemiological field investigations and provide evidence for epidemic prevention and control.

According to reports, the Anhui Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention has recently completed high-throughput sequencing of the whole genome of a high-titer new coronavirus strain, and the genome sequence has been uploaded to the GISAID (Global Initiative for Sharing Avian Influenza Data) public database. Yujia is one of the institutions that shared the complete genome sequence of the virus strain with the international organization, and it is also the first institution in Anhui Province to upload the complete genome of the new coronavirus strain, which has a positive impact on the global scientific research team's more comprehensive understanding of virus evolution and epidemic prevention and control.

Source: Xinhua News Agency