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COVID-19 In Vitro Diagnostic Devices and Test Methods Database

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Comparison of Four Molecular In Vitro Diagnostic Assays for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharyngeal Specimens

Detection Principle
NucleicAcid-PCR based
Target
N, N1, N2, S, ORF1ab regions
Testing Method Category
PCR_KIT
Testing Method
New York SARS-CoV-2 Real-time Reverse Transcriptase (RT)-PCR Diagnostic EUA Panel (Modified WHO-7), DiaSorin Molecular Simplexa COVID-19 Direct EUA, GenMark ePlex SARS-CoV-2 EUA panel, Hologic Panther Fusion SARS-CoV-2 EUA
Reported Performance
LOD: 779±27 copies/ml (modified WHO-7), 39±23 copies/ml (DiaSorin Molecular), 1000 copies/ml (GenMark), 83±36 copies/ml (Hologic) ; sensitivity: 100% (modified WHO-7, DiaSorin Molecular, Hologic), 96% (GenMark) ; specificity: 100% (GenMark, DiaSorin Molecular), 98% (modified WHO-7), 96% (Hologic)
Sample Size
104 samples
Peer-reviewed
no

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