Related-Party Transactions - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock value	$ 8,059	$ 7,938
QIAGEN North American Holdings Incorporation
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock value	2,000,000
Minimum \| QIAGEN North American Holdings Incorporation
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sale of stock in a financing transaction	$ 12,000,000

Aggregate par or stated value of issued nonredeemable common stock (or common stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer). This item includes treasury stock repurchased by the entity. Note: elements for number of nonredeemable common shares, par value and other disclosure concepts are in another section within stockholders' equity.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(29))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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