{"title":"Nucleotide Sequence Sharing between the Human Genome and Primers for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Detection.","authors":"Darja Kanduc","doi":"10.1055/s-0042-1743260","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study shows that oligonucleotide sequences are shared between the human genome and primers that have been proposed/used for SARS-CoV-2 detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The high level of sharing (namely, up to 19mer with a maximum number of gaps equal to 2) might bear implications for the diagnostic validity of SARS-CoV-2 detection by PCR.</p>","PeriodicalId":40142,"journal":{"name":"Global Medical Genetics","volume":"9 1","pages":"182-184"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2000,"publicationDate":"2022-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9192186/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Global Medical Genetics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1743260","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2022/6/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"GENETICS & HEREDITY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This study shows that oligonucleotide sequences are shared between the human genome and primers that have been proposed/used for SARS-CoV-2 detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The high level of sharing (namely, up to 19mer with a maximum number of gaps equal to 2) might bear implications for the diagnostic validity of SARS-CoV-2 detection by PCR.