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Saline
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Used as a medium to place nasal scraping specimens for diagnostic testing.
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2
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QIAamp MinElute Virus Spin Kit (Qiagen)
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Used for nucleic acid extraction from 50-200 mL of sample.
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3
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FastStart SYBR Green Master kit (Roche)
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Used for PCR optimization and screening.
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4
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Plasmid containing a 560-bp region of the NP-1 region of HBoV
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Used as a positive control for optimizing the PCR reaction.
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5
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Primer set targeting the NP-1 region
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Used for the initial PCR screening for HBoV.
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6
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Lightcycler instrument (Roche)
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Used to run the PCR cycles and measure fluorescence.
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7
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Primer set targeting the NS1 gene
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Used for the confirmation PCR analysis.
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8
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3% agarose gel with ethidium bromide
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Used to locate DNA bands for visualization.
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9
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QIAquick Gel Extraction Kit (Qiagen)
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Used for extracting DNA from the agarose gel.
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Spectrophotometer
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Used to quantify DNA concentration by measuring absorbance at 260 nm and 280 nm.
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