PANDAA intentionally violates conventional qPCR design to enable durable, mismatch-agnostic detection of highly polymorphic pathogens

Iain MacLeod et al. develop the Pan-Degenerate Amplification and Adaptation (PANDAA) point mutation assay to detect HIV drug resistance mutations. This method can be applied to any pathogen where target-proximal genetic variability hinders diagnostic development.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Iain J. MacLeod, Christopher F. Rowley, M. Essex
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01751-9
Description
Summary:Iain MacLeod et al. develop the Pan-Degenerate Amplification and Adaptation (PANDAA) point mutation assay to detect HIV drug resistance mutations. This method can be applied to any pathogen where target-proximal genetic variability hinders diagnostic development.
ISSN:2399-3642