SARS-CoV-2 detection from nasopharyngeal swab samples without RNA extraction
Detection Principle
NucleicAcid-PCR based
Target
ORF1ab, N, S (Thermofisher); N1, N2 (IDT)
Testing Method Category
PCR_KIT
Testing Method
kits (direct detection)
Testing Method - Additional Info
direct SARSCoV-2 detection from nasopharyngeal swab samples with TaqMan™ 2019-nCoV Assay Kit v1 (ThermoFisher) and 2019-nCoV CDC qPCR Probe Assay (Integrated DNA Technologies).
Reported Performance
remark: the kit from Thermo Fisher Scientific is fully compatible with an RNA extraction-free protocol with an efficiency comparable to that obtained using kit-extracted RNA
Sample Size
2 patients
Peer-reviewed
no
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