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COVID-19 In Vitro Diagnostic Devices and Test Methods Database

Scientific literature on COVID-19 Test Methods and Devices

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Title: Development of Reverse Transcription Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP) Assays Targeting SARS-CoV-2 Detection principle: NucleicAcid-Others DOI: 10.1101/2020.03.09.983064 Testing method category: LAMP Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Reconstructed diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of the RT-PCR test for COVID-19 Detection principle: NucleicAcid-PCR based DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.24.20078949 Testing method category: Other PCR method(s) Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Development and potential usefulness of the COVID-19 Ag Respi-Strip diagnostic assay in a pandemic context Detection principle: ImmunoAssay-Antigen DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.24.20077776 Testing method category:   Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Diagnosis of Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection by Detection of Nucleocapsid Protein Detection principle: ImmunoAssay-Antigen DOI: 10.1101/2020.03.07.20032524 Testing method category:   Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Comparison of Commercially Available and Laboratory Developed Assays for in vitro Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Clinical Laboratories Detection principle: NucleicAcid-PCR based DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.24.20074559 Testing method category: PCR_KIT Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Validation of a SARS-CoV-2 spike ELISA for use in contact investigations and serosurveillance Detection principle: ImmunoAssay-Antigen DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.24.057323 Testing method category:   Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Diagnostic Indexes of a Rapid IgG/IgM Combined Antibody Test for SARS-CoV-2 Detection principle: ImmunoAssay-Antibody DOI: 10.1101/2020.03.26.20044883 Testing method category:   Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Towards the next phase: evaluation of serological assays for diagnostics and exposure assessment Detection principle: ImmunoAssay-Antibody DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.23.20077156 Testing method category:   Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: SARS-CoV-2 Detection Using an Isothermal Amplification Reaction and a Rapid, Inexpensive Protocol for Sample Inactivation and Purification Detection principle: NucleicAcid-PCR based DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.23.20076877 Testing method category: LAMP Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Double-Quencher Probes Improved the Detection Sensitivity of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by One-Step RT-PCR Detection principle: NucleicAcid-PCR based DOI: 10.1101/2020.03.17.20037903 Testing method category: WHO method(s) Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Evaluation of WHO listed COVID-19 qPCR primers and probe in silico with 375 SERS-CoV-2 full genome sequences Detection principle: NucleicAcid-PCR based DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.22.20075697 Testing method category: In_silico Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Evaluation of COVID-19 RT-qPCR test in multi-sample pools Detection principle: NucleicAcid-PCR based DOI: 10.1101/2020.03.26.20039438 Testing method category: WHO method(s) Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Antibody tests in detecting SARS-CoV-2 infection: a meta-analysis Detection principle: ImmunoAssay-Antibody DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.22.20074914 Testing method category: Mixed Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Evaluation of Enzyme-Linked Immunoassay and Colloidal Gold- Immunochromatographic Assay Kit for Detection of Novel Coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) Causing an Outbreak of Pneumonia (COVID-19) Detection principle: ImmunoAssay-Antibody DOI: 10.1101/2020.02.27.20028787 Testing method category:   Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: SARS-CoV-2 On-the-Spot Virus Detection Directly From Patients Detection principle: NucleicAcid-PCR based DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.22.20072389 Testing method category: LAMP Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Comparison of commercial RT-PCR diagnostic kits for COVID-19 Detection principle: NucleicAcid-PCR based DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.22.056747 Testing method category: PCR_KIT Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Evaluation of recombinant nucleocapsid and spike proteins for serological diagnosis of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Detection principle: ImmunoAssay-Antibody DOI: 10.1101/2020.03.17.20036954 Testing method category:   Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Evaluation the auxiliary diagnosis value of antibodies assays for detection of novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) causing an outbreak of pneumonia (COVID-19) Detection principle: ImmunoAssay-Antibody DOI: 10.1101/2020.03.26.20042044 Testing method category:   Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Smart Pooled sample Testing for COVID-19: A Possible Solution for Sparsity of Test Kits Detection principle: NucleicAcid-PCR based DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.21.20044594 Testing method category: PCR_KIT Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Evaluations of serological test in the diagnosis of 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infections during the COVID-19 outbreak Detection principle: ImmunoAssay-Antibody DOI: 10.1101/2020.03.27.20045153 Testing method category:   Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Detection of Nucleocapsid Antibody to SARS-CoV-2 is More Sensitive than Antibody to Spike Protein in COVID-19 Patients Detection principle: ImmunoAssay-Antibody DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.20.20071423 Testing method category:   Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Rapid identification of SARS-CoV-2-infected patients at the emergency department using routine testing Detection principle: Others DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.20.20067512 Testing method category:   Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Optimized qRT-PCR approach for the detection of intra- and extracellular SARS-CoV-2 RNAs Detection principle: NucleicAcid-PCR based DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.20.052258 Testing method category: Other PCR method(s) Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: High sensitivity detection of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 using multiplex PCR and a multiplex-PCR-based metagenomic method Detection principle: NucleicAcid-PCR based DOI: 10.1101/2020.03.12.988246 Testing method category: Other PCR method(s) Peer reviewed: No Go to details
Title: Highly accurate and sensitive diagnostic detection of SARS-CoV-2 by digital PCR Detection principle: NucleicAcid-PCR based DOI: 10.1101/2020.03.14.20036129 Testing method category: WHO method(s) Peer reviewed: No Go to details

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