The world has seen multiple pandemics and epidemics in the last century. Despite diverse advances in medicine and science, we are still confronted with novel infections that endanger human life and pose problems to the healthcare systems and the economy worldwide.
Although coronaviruses are zoonotic, mutations can cause adaptation that allows for the infection of humans. The respiratory virus SARS-CoV-2 is the seventh observed coronavirus that is able to infect humans and led to a major worldwide pandemic: COVID-19.
The most commonly occurring symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, respiratory symptoms, limb pain, as well as changes in taste and smell. The pandemic led to significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. With its ability to mutate quickly, SARS-CoV-2 constantly threatened to evolve new pathogenic variants. Through extensive research, the understanding of the disease unfolded as the pandemic progressed and allowed for the development and licensing of multiple vaccines.
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) information ensures the accuracy of COVID-19 tests to successfully detect different strains and further enables researchers to identify emerging virus strains.
Central BioHub is dedicated to advancing science and research developments by offering a complete solution for biospecimen procurement. Our services are intended to support worldwide researchers in expanding their understanding of COVID-19. We provide high-quality human saliva annotated with sequencing information of different SARS-CoV-2 strains perfect for developing and testing innovative diagnostic devices as well as for a variety of research purposes. Our extensive inventory includes saliva samples of COVID-19 vaccinated donors and clinically confirmed and well-annotated COVID-19 samples from different SARS-CoV-2 variants. Our samples are cryogenically preserved and are stored without cross-contamination at our globally distributed supplier biobanks.
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