AltoStar®Influenza Screen & Type RT-PCR Kit 1.5

Specifications Key features Detection and differentiation of influenza A virus, influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 virus and influenza B virus specific RNA CE-IVD marked in vitro diagnostic test Analytical sensitivity reported in copies/ml Limit of detection (LoD) LoD influenza A virus 370 copies/ml LoD influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 virus 241 copies/ml LoD influenza B virus 478 copies/ml Sample types The following sample type is validated for use with the AltoStar ® Influenza Screen & Type RT-PCR Kit 1.5: Human respiratory swab specimens Other workflows The AltoStar ® Influenza Screen & Type RT-PCR Kit 1.5 can be used with compatible workflows (manual or automated) . Real-time PCR instruments that have been validated for use with the AltoStar ® Influenza Screen & Type RT-PCR Kit 1.5 are: CFX96 ™ Deep Well Dx System (Bio-Rad) CFX96 ™ Dx System (Bio-Rad) ABI Prism ® 7500 SDS (Applied Biosystems) LightCycler ® 480 Instrument II (Roche) QuantStudio ™ 5 Real-Time PCR System (Applied Biosystems) Rotor-Gene ® Q5/6 plex Platform (QIAGEN) The AltoStar ® Influenza Screen & Type RT-PCR Kit 1.5 can be used with nucleic acid extraction systems other than the AltoStar ® AM16. Alternative procedures used for nucleic acid extraction have to be validated by the user.

The AltoStar® Influenza Screen & Type RT-PCR Kit 1.5 is an in vitro diagnostic test, based on real-time PCR technology, for the qualitative detection and differentiation of influenza A virus, influenza B virus and influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 virus specific RNA in human respiratory swab specimens. It is intended to be used as an aid for diagnosis of influenza A, influenza B and influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 virus infection.