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MGB Alert® HSV 1 & 2
HSV-2 more commonly causes genital herpes, though both HSV-1 and HSV-2 can cause the disease. HSV can also cause much more severe disease, including nervous system and organ infection, especially in immunocompromised people.1
Our analyte specific reagents§ feature:
- Thoughtfully designed primers and probes
- Primers and probes manufactured according to FDA and cGMP requirements
MGB probes | DSQ probes | Eclipse Dark Quencher | Duplex Stabilizing Quencher | Pleiades probe chemistry | AquaPhluor® Dyes | Superbases

Catalog number | Product Name | Reactions | Fluorophore | Product description |
800426 | MGB Alert® HSV 1&2 Probe Mix ASR | 48 | FAM | Detects nucleic acids within the glycoprotein D gene. Melt curve analysis distinguishes the two viruses. |
800518 | MGB Alert® HSV Typer AS Primer Mix ASR | 48 | – | Amplifies nucleic acids within the glycoprotein D gene. Melt curve analysis distinguishes the two viruses. |
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Benefits
Innovative. MGB Alert reagents utilize our original minor groove binder probe technology, and feature flexibility of PCR-based detection and/or melt curve analysis. DSQ Alert™ reagents now incorporate our proprietary duplex stabilizing quencher (DSQ), a next step in MGB probe chemistry.
Flexible. Our reagents can be used on the ELITe InGenius® and ELITe BeGenius™ instrument systems, and on most open channel platforms. Let us help create the right workflow for your lab.
Responsive. We frequently anticipate and nimbly respond to market needs as they arise. Let us know what you’d like to add to your own real-time PCR menu.
Visit egmdx.com to learn more. We offer a full menu of IVD tests, analyte specific reagents (ASRs), and research use only (RUO) materials designed with proprietary chemistries.
1Herget GW, Riede UN, Schmitt-Gräff A, Lübbert M, Neumann-Haefelin D, Köhler G. Generalized herpes simplex virus infection in an immunocompromised patient–report of a case and review of the literature. Pathol Res Pract. 2005;201(2):123-9. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15901133/
§Analytical and performance characteristics are not established.
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