The genesig Mpox kit detects >99.9% of all full length sequences on the GISAID Epipox database from both clades I (previously called the Congo Basin clade) and Clade II (previously called West African clade). This includes the newly identified clade 1b.
The qPCR assay has been multiplexed to specifically detect the monkeypox virus and orthopox virus.
This product has met the following criteria: