China News Service, Nanjing, August 13 (Reporter Zhu Xiaoying) Zhu Liguo, deputy director and deputy chief physician of the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Acute Infectious Diseases Coordinate genetic testing resources, equip personnel and equipment, speed up the sequencing of samples of positive infections that meet the sequencing requirements, and effectively improve the speed and efficiency of genetic sequencing
Zhu Liguo said that each batch of sequencing process includes nucleic acid results review, pre-amplification, database construction, and data analysis on and off the computer.
According to reports, the World Health Organization announced in May of this year that the Delta mutant strain will be included in the new coronavirus mutant strain of global concern.
Zhu Liguo said that relevant scientific research and epidemic prevention and control practices at home and abroad have shown that the Delta mutant strain has not caused a subversive change in the biological characteristics of the new crown virus.
Zhu Liguo said that the existing nucleic acid detection methods can detect delta mutants in time
"According to domestic and foreign literature reports and testing data from Jiangsu Province, a significant feature of Delta mutant infections is the high viral load.
Focus on the new crown pneumonia epidemic
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