FAQ - affigene® general
Can I use an affigene® trender kit as a qualitative test?
Why are there different values for the calibrators when using plasma or whole blood in affigene® CMV and EBV trender kit?
What is the Precision for affigene® trender assays?
What are the positive controls or high and low calibrators made from?
Against what quality controls or standards do you calibrate BKV kits?
Are there any toxic components in the affigene® trender-tracer kits?
What is a scorpion primer?
affigene HSV 1/2 utilizes CSF and swab samples for determination in real-time PCRIs there a protocol that utilizes serum or plasma samples?
What is the quantitative range for HBV trender using serum samples?
Can I compare copies/mL and copies/100 000 cells?
Which part of the EBV genome is amplified?
What is a positive sample?
What is the difference between linear range, dynamic range and quantitative range?
What is limit of detection (LOD)?
What is precision?
What is accuracy?
What is Quantitative range?
What is Linearity/ linear range?
What is Dynamic range?
Are your products CE-labelled?
Do you have a license for PCR?
Is the CE-label valid when using a non-CE labelled PCR machine?
The sample titer obtained with affigene® trender does not correspond to results obtained using my previous protocol?
How can I compare my results with results from another laboratory?
Are two calibrators enough to give a reliable sample titer?
Is the test able to monitor only EBV reactivations or primary infections?
Is it possible to use urine-samples in affigene® CMV trender kit?
Which part of the CMV genome is amplified?
How can I be sure to pick up different variants of CMV?
What is the IC (internal control) manufactured from?