The AltoStar® MERS-CoV RT-PCR Kit 1.5 can be used with compatible workflows (manual or automated). Real-time PCR instruments that have been validated for use with the AltoStar® MERS-CoV RT-PCR Kit 1.5 are:
CFX96™ Deep Well Dx System (Bio-Rad)
CFX96™ Dx System (Bio-Rad)
ABI Prism® 7500 SDS (Applied Biosystems)
LightCycler® 480 Instrument II (Roche)
QuantStudio™ 5 Real-Time PCR System (Applied Biosystems)
Rotor-Gene® Q5/6 plex Platform (QIAGEN)
The AltoStar® MERS-CoV RT-PCR Kit 1.5 can be used with nucleic acid extraction systems other than the AltoStar® AM16. Alternative procedures used for nucleic acid extraction have to be validated by the user.